Combined effects of formulation and stirring on emulsion drop size in the vicinity of three-phase behavior of surfactant-oil water systems

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3810-3814

  Tolosa, Laura Isabel ^a   Forgiarini, Ana ^a   Moreno, Paul ^a   Salager, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DROP FORMATION; PHASE COMPOSITION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER;

DROP SIZE; DROPS; STIRRING ENERGY; SURFACTANT-OIL WATER SYSTEMS;

TERNARY SYSTEMS;

COALESCENCE; DROP FORMATION; PHASE COMPOSITION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WATER;

EID: 33745751212     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060102j     Document Type: Article

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