Water-in-oil emulsions results of formation studies and applicability to oil spill modelling

Spill Science and Technology Bulletin

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-91

  Fingas, Merv ^a   Fieldhouse, Ben ^a   Mullin, Joe ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emulsion formation; Mesostable emulsions; Oil spill modelling; Stable emulsions; Unstable emulsions; Water in oil emulsions

Indexed keywords

MODELING; OIL SPILL; OIL-WATER EMULSION; STABILITY;

EMULSION; MODELING; OIL SPILL; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032794914     PISSN: 13532561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-2561(98)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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