On the interfacial properties of micrometre-sized water droplets in crude oil

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1990, 1999, Pages 3709-3723

  Yeung, A ^a   Dabros, T ^a   Czarnecki, J ^a  

^a SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Emulsion stability; Interfacial properties; Interfacial rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544372701     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0473     Document Type: Article

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