Contact angle hysteresis and the stability of wetting changes induced by adsorption from crude oil

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 147-159

  Xie, Xina ^a   Morrow, Norman R ^a   Buckley, Jill S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Contact angles; Crude oil adsorption; Hysteresis; Wettability; Wilhelmy plate

Indexed keywords

WAX APPEARANCE TEMPERATURE (WAT);

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; BRINES; CONTACT ANGLE; HYSTERESIS; QUARTZ; WETTING;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

CONTACT ANGLE; CRUDE OIL; OIL WELL; WELL TECHNOLOGY; WETTING;

ADSORPTION; CRUDE OIL; OIL WELL; QUARTZ; WELL TECHNOLOGY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0036530256     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(01)00182-6     Document Type: Article

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