Langmuir films of bitumen and its fractions extracted from oil shales (Puertollano, Spain)

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3455-3461

  Díaz, M Elena ^a   Montes, Francisco J ^a   Galán, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COALESCENCE; COMPRESSIBILITY; DROPS; EMULSIONS; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

AGGREAGTION STRUCTURES; BITUMEN; BITUMEN FILMS; EMULSION DROPLETS;

OIL SHALE;

EID: 37249033281     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef7004095     Document Type: Article

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