Chapter 12 Precipitation of Asphaltenes in Heavy Oil and Tar Sands

Developments in Petroleum Science

Volumn 40, Issue PART B, 2000, Pages 319-333

  Carnahan, Norman F ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7361(09)70283-3     Document Type: Article

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