Compositional dependence of wetting and contact angles in solid-liquid-liquid systems under realistic environments

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-51

  Xu, Wei ^a   Ayirala, Subhash C ^a   Rao, Dandina N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Interfacial tension; Live crude oil; Reservoir conditions; Wettability

Indexed keywords

BRINES; COMPOSITION; CONTACT ANGLE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

LIVE CRUDE OIL; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; ROCK SUBSTRATES; WETTABILITY;

TERNARY SYSTEMS;

BRINES; COMPOSITION; CONTACT ANGLE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WETTING;

EID: 33745621673     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450840108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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