Microemulsions containing mixtures of propoxylated sulfates with slightly branched hydrocarbon chains and cationic surfactants with short hydrophobes or PO chains

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 354, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 246-251

  Kayali, Ibrahim H ^a   Liu, Shunhua ^b   Miller, Clarence A ^c  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Occupational Health Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catanionic surfactants; Cationic and anionic surfactants; Interfacial tension, ultralow values; Microemulsions; Mixtures; Oil recovery, surfactant processes

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BIOPHYSICS; CRUDE OIL; DYES; HYDROCARBONS; MICROEMULSIONS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROPYLENE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOLUBILITY;

BRANCHED HYDROCARBONS; CATANIONIC SURFACTANTS; FREE MIXTURES; HYDROPHOBES; INTERFACIAL TENSION, ULTRALOW VALUES; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; METHYL GROUP; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL-WATER; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PROPYLENE OXIDE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SURFACTANT SYSTEM;

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS;

ANIONIC SURFACTANT; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; CYCLOHEXANE; HYDROCARBON; METHYL GROUP; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL; PROPYLENE OXIDE; SOAP; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MICROEMULSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SALINITY; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 73049101347     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.07.058     Document Type: Article

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