Interfacial shear rheology of asphaltenes at oil-water interface and its relation to emulsion stability: Influence of concentration, solvent aromaticity and nonionic surfactant

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 366, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 120-128

  Fan, Yanru ^a   Simon, Sébastien ^a   Sjöblom, Johan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asphaltenes; Interfacial rheology; Petroleum emulsions

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELASTICITY; EMULSIFICATION; FLOCCULATION; GELS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE INTERFACES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; TOLUENE; VISCOSITY;

AROMATICITIES; BULK PHASE; CLUSTER FORMATIONS; CONCENTRATION THRESHOLD; EMULSION STABILITY; FILM STRUCTURE; INTERFACIAL LAYER; INTERFACIAL RHEOLOGY; INTERFACIAL SHEAR RHEOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MODULUS VALUES; OIL WATER INTERFACES; OSCILLATION MODE; PETROLEUM EMULSIONS; SATURATION STATE; STORAGE MODULI; VISCOUS INTERFACES;

ASPHALTENES;

ASPHALTENE; HEPTANE; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; OIL; PENTANE; PETROLEUM; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYOXYETHYLENE NONYLPHENOL; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMULSION; FLOCCULATION; FLOW KINETICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SOLVENT EFFECT; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77954383213     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.05.034     Document Type: Article

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