Oil spill cleanup using vacuum technique

Fuel

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 789-797

  Ghannam, Mazmdouh T ^a   Chaalal, Omar ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Interfacial tension; Oil spill; Salinity; Surfactant; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

OIL SPILL CLEANUP;

OIL SPILLS;

EID: 0037400407     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-2361(02)00383-6     Document Type: Article

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