X-ray diffraction (XRD)-derived processability markers for oil sands based on clay mineralogy and crystallite thickness distributions

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3174-3193

  Mercier, Patrick H J ^a   Patarachao, B ^a   Kung, J ^a   Kingston, D M ^a   Woods, J R ^a   Sparks, B D ^b   Kotlyar, L S ^a   Ng, S ^c   Moran, K ^c   McCracken, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b V Bede Technical Associates   (Canada)

^c SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; GELATION; ISOMERS; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; OIL SANDS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; SAND; SEPARATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BATCH EXTRACTION UNIT; BITUMEN RECOVERY; CLAY CONTENTS; CLAY FRACTIONS; CLAY MINERALOGY; COMPOSITE LAYERING; DIRECT METHOD; LASER DIFFRACTION; MARINE OILS; MASS FRACTIONS; OIL SAND ORES; PEAK AREA RATIOS; PRIMARY SEPARATION VESSEL; PROCESSABILITY; SLUDGING; SPECIFIC SURFACES; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRA-FINES; WET-CHEMISTRY; XRD ANALYSIS;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 53849136939     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef8002203     Document Type: Article

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