Crude oil/brine interfacial tensions

Petrophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-185

  Buckley, Jill S ^a   Fan, Tianguang ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Interfacial tension

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CAPILLARITY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DATA ACQUISITION; PH EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY NUMBER; PENDANT DROP TECHNIQUE; TRANSIENT TENSIONS;

SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 34250780417     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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