X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, photoelectron energy loss spectroscopy, X-ray excited Auger electron spectroscopy, and time-of-flight-secondary ion mass spectroscopy studies of asphaltenes from Doba-Chad heavy crude hydrovisbreaking

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1744-1756

  Larachi, Faïçal ^a   Dehkissia, Soumaïne ^a   Adnot, Alain ^a   Chornet, Esteban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON BLACK; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIAMONDS; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); VISCOSITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ASPHALTENES; CRUDE HYDROVISBREAKING; PHOTOELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY EXCITED AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 10144256540     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef049951e     Document Type: Article

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