Triblock copolymers as destabilizers of water-in-crude oil emulsions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 365, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 162-170

  Le Follotec, A ^a,b   Pezron, I ^a   Noik, C ^b   Dalmazzone, C ^b   Metlas Komunjer, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Air water interface; Crude oil emulsion; Demulsification; Langmuir trough; Oil water interface; Silicon copolymer

Indexed keywords

AIR; ASPHALTENES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COALESCENCE; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRUDE OIL; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DEMULSIFICATION; ELASTIC MODULI; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; ETHYLENE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MONOLAYERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PETROLEUM REFINING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AIR WATER INTERFACES; CRUDE OIL EMULSION; LANGMUIR TROUGH; OIL WATER INTERFACES; OIL-WATER INTERFACE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

COPOLYMER; DIMETICONE; MACROGOL; SURFACTANT; WATER OIL CREAM;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 77954310674     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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