Studies on crude oil and petroleum product emulsions: Water resolution and rheology

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 333, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 67-81

  Fingas, Merv ^a   Fieldhouse, Ben ^b  

^a Spill Science   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emulsion stability; Oil spill emulsions; Water in oil emulsions

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; COLLOIDS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ELASTICITY; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FARM BUILDINGS; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PLASTICITY; RESINS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

A STABILITIES; A STABLES; CRUDE OILS; EMULSION FORMATIONS; EMULSION STABILITY; NATURE OF WATERS; OIL COMPOSITIONS; OIL MIXTURES; OIL VISCOSITIES; RESIN CONTENTS; RETENTION MECHANISMS; RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENTS; VISCOSITY INCREASES; VISCOUS ENTRAINMENTS; WATER DROPLETS; WATER IN OILS; WATER UPTAKES; WATER VOLUMES;

WATER CONTENT;

PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; RESIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; ELASTICITY; EMULSION; FLOW KINETICS; INTROSPECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 57049134597     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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