A quartz crystal microbalance technique to study wax crystallization in the presence of gas

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Cassiede M ^a   Pauly, J ^a   Milhet, M ^a   Rivaletto, M ^b   Marrucho, I M ^c   Coutinho, J A P ^c   Daridon, J L ^a  

^a UMR 5150   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Génie Electrique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; N alkanes; Phase transitions; Quartz crystal microbalance; Solid liquid vapour equilibria

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIQUIDS; PARAFFINS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUARTZ;

CARBON DIOXIDE UNDER PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; N-ALKANES; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE TECHNIQUES; SOLID-LIQUID-VAPOUR EQUILIBRIA; SOLID-SOLID TRANSITIONS; THREE-PHASE EQUILIBRIA; WAX CRYSTALLIZATION;

QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES;

EID: 46749158318     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/6/065704     Document Type: Article

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