Study of water-in-oil thin liquid films: Implications for the stability of petroleum emulsions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 372, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Tchoukov, Plamen ^a   Czarnecki, Jan ^b   Dabros, Tadeusz ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen recovery; Emulsion stability; Film thickness; Interfacial rigidity; Surface forces; Thin film drainage; Water in oil emulsion film

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CENTRIFUGATION; EMULSIONS; FILM PREPARATION; FILM THICKNESS; HEPTANE; LIQUID FILMS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; RIGIDITY; STABILITY; THIN FILMS; TOLUENE;

BITUMEN RECOVERY; EMULSION STABILITY; INTERFACIAL RIGIDITY; SURFACE FORCES; THIN FILM DRAINAGE; WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION FILM;

EMULSIFICATION;

ASPHALT; HEPTANE; OIL; PETROLEUM; SOLVENT; TOLUENE; WATER;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; EMULSION; FILM; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 78649450569     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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