On-line light backscattering tracking of the transitional phase inversion of emulsions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 338, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 148-154

  Pizzino, Aldo ^a,b   Catté, Marianne ^a   Van Hecke, Elisabeth ^a   Salager, Jean Louis ^b   Aubry, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNITÉ DE CATALYSE ET DE CHIMIE DU SOLIDE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Emulsions; Light backscattering; Phase inversion

Indexed keywords

DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMULSIFICATION; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AQUEOUS PHASE; BRIJ-30; CONDUCTIMETRY; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; DROP SIZES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; EMULSION MORPHOLOGIES; LIGHT BACKSCATTERING; OPTICAL TECHNIQUES; PHASE INVERSION; TRANSITIONAL PHASE;

BACKSCATTERING;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMULSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ONLINE MONITORING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 60649115629     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.05.041     Document Type: Article

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