Microstructural study of asphaltene precipitated with methylene chloride and n-hexane

Fuel

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 977-982

  Perez Hernandez R ^a,b   Mendoza Anaya, D ^a   Mondragon Galicia G ^a   Espinosa, M E ^a,b   Rodriguez Lugo V ^c   Lozada, M ^d   Arenas Alatorre, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Asphaltene; Asphaltene microstructure; Vacuum residue

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLOCCULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

VACUUM RESIDUE;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0037400436     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-2361(02)00359-9     Document Type: Article

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