Interfacial tension and phase behavior of surfactant-brine-oil system

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 114-119

  Bera, Achinta ^a   Ojha, Keka ^a   Mandal, Ajay ^a   Kumar, T ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Ethoxylated secondary alcoholic surfactant; Interfacial tension (IFT); Microemulsions; Phase behavior; Solubilization parameter

Indexed keywords

MICROEMULSIONS; PHASE BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AQUEOUS PHASIS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; ETHOXYLATED SECONDARY ALCOHOLIC SURFACTANT; HIGHER-DEGREE; INTERFACIAL TENSION (IFT); INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; KEY FACTORS; LOW-IFT; MICROEMULSION PROCESS; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL-WATER; SOLUBILIZATION PARAMETER; SYNTHETIC OIL;

OIL WELL TESTING;

OIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ARTICLE; MICROEMULSION; OIL INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; TENSION;

EID: 79956081381     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.03.035     Document Type: Article

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