Wettability/spreading of alkanes at the water-gas interface at elevated temperatures and pressures

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 239-246

  Pham, Daniel Thanh Khac ^a   Hirasaki, George J ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure; Temperature; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CLAUSIUS-MOSOTTI EQUATION; HAMAKER-LIFSHITZ THEORY;

BRINES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROLYTES; FUNCTIONS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OLEFINS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WETTING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

GAS; OIL; SPREADING RATE; WATER; WETTABILITY;

GAS; HYDROCARBON; OIL; WATER; WATER/GAS INTERFACE; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0345267063     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0920-4105(98)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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