Paraffin polydispersity facilitates mechanical gelation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7242-7254

  Paso, Kristofer ^a   Senra, M ^a   Yi, Y ^a   Sastry, A M ^a   Fogler, H Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEL FORMATION; MONODISPERSE POLYMERS; N-PARAFFIN COMPONENTS; SOLID FRACTIONS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GELATION; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; REACTION KINETICS;

PARAFFINS;

GELATION;

EID: 24744434678     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050325u     Document Type: Article

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