Wettability alteration of kaolinite exposed to crude oil in salt solutions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 377, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 115-122

  Lebedeva, Evgenia V ^a   Fogden, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Asphaltene; Contact angle; Crude oil; Kaolinite; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ASPHALTENES; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CONTACT ANGLE; CRUDE OIL; HYDROPHILICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; KAOLINITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHLORIDE CONTENTS; DLVO THEORY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY; LOW SALINITY; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE; NEUTRAL PH; POLAR COMPONENTS; SALT COMPOSITION; SALT SOLUTION; WETTABILITY; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

KAOLIN;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; ASPHALT; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; NANOPARTICLE; PETROLEUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COATED PARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; HYDROPHILICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROSCOPY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SPECTROSCOPY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 79952041938     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.12.051     Document Type: Article

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