Predicting the onset of asphaltene precipitation from refractive index measurements

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 328-332

  Buckley, Jill S ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COLLOIDS; MIXTURES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEPARATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ASPHALTENE;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0033099095     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef980201c     Document Type: Article

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