Observation of liquid crystals in heavy petroleum fractions

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4327-4332

  Bagheri, S Reza ^a   Bazyleva, Ala ^a   Gray, Murray R ^a   McCaffrey, William C ^a   Shaw, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA; ATHABASCA BITUMEN; CROSS-POLARIZED; CRYSTAL DOMAIN; DISCOTICS; HEAVY FRACTION; HEAVY OIL; HEAVY PETROLEUM FRACTIONS; INTERFACIAL BEHAVIORS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; LYOTROPICS; MALTENES; MAYA HEAVY CRUDE OIL; ME-XICO; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; OPTICAL PATTERNS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAFANIYA CRUDE OIL; SAUDI ARABIA; TOLUENE VAPORS;

ASPHALTENES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CRUDE OIL; CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SOLIDS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TOLUENE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77955872132     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef100376t     Document Type: Article

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