Spontaneous imbibition processes in Hele-Shaw cells

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1513-1523

  Hayashi, José A ^a,b   Soria, Alberto ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); WATER;

SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION PROCESSES;

GLASS;

GLASS; OIL; WATER;

DISPLACEMENT; FINGERING; FLOW PATTERN; INHIBITION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; FLOW KINETICS; LIQUID; TIME; VELOCITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0038504708     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690470705     Document Type: Article

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