Scale formation due to water injection in malaysian sandstone cores

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1531-1538

  Merdhah, Amer Badr Bin ^a   Yassin, Abu Azam Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Pressure; Scale concentration; Scale deposition; Scale solubility; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950985553     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2009.1531.1538     Document Type: Article

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