Studies on asphaltenes through analysis of polar fractions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 964-972

  Nalwaya, Vaibhav ^a,c   Tangtayakom, Veerapat ^b   Piumsomboon, Pornpote ^b   Fogler, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Deloitte and Touche LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOLUTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEPTANE; IRON; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AMPHIPHILE; ASPHALTENES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ASPHALTENE; FERRIC ION; PETROLEUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ROCK;

EID: 0033103212     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9804428     Document Type: Article

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