Viscosity, surface tension, and atomization of water-methanol and diesel emulsions

Atomization and Sprays

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Sheng, Hongzhi ^a   Wu, Dongyin ^a   Zhang, Hongce ^a   Wei, Xiaolin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIESEL FUELS; METHANOL; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; WATER;

AGENT CONCENTRATION; AQUEOUS PHASE; DIESEL EMULSIONS; EMULSIFYING AGENTS;

EMULSIONS;

ATOMIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIESEL FUELS; EMULSIONS; METHANOL; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 33745326917     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/atomizspr.v16.i1.10     Document Type: Article

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