Impedance spectroscopy of petroleum fluids at low frequency

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2090-2094

  Goual, Lamia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC CONDUCTIVITY; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ASPHALTENE AGGREGATION; COMPLEX IMPEDANCE; DC CONDUCTIVITY; DIELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT-CURRENT; ELECTRIC MODULUS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY RANGE; MALTENES; MOLECULAR SIZE; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PETROLEUM FLUID; RELAXATION MECHANISM; ZERO FREQUENCY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACTION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POLYMER BLENDS; TOLUENE;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 65449125482     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800860x     Document Type: Article

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