Competitive adsorption of sodium naphthenates and naturally occurring species at water-in-crude oil emulsion droplet surfaces

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 292, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 87-98

  Moran, K ^a   Czarnecki, J ^a  

^a SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Crude oil; Emulsion; Interfacial rigidity; Interfacial tension

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EMULSIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

EMULSION DROPLET SURFACES; INTERFACIAL RIGIDITY; SODIUM NAPHTHENATES (NAN);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ASPHALT; PETROLEUM; SODIUM NAPHTHENATE; SURFACTANT; WATER; WATER OIL CREAM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; EMULSION; ENERGY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 33845507092     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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