Experimental measurement of gas diffusivity in bitumen: Results for carbon dioxide

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1080-1087

  Upreti, Simant R ^a   Mehrotra, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; PRESSURE; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

BITUMEN; PRESSURE DECAY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ASPHALT; CARBON DIOXIDE;

BITUMEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT; GAS-LIQUID MIXING;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GAS; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034085172     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990635a     Document Type: Article

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