The asphaltenes

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 393-418

  Mullins, Oliver C ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

island molecular architecture; modified Yen model; molecular architecture; molecular weight; nanoaggregate; nanoaggregate cluster; Yen Mullins model

Indexed keywords

MODIFIED YEN MODEL; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; NANOAGGREGATE; NANOAGGREGATE CLUSTER; YEN-MULLINS MODEL;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS HANDLING; PETROLEUM REFINING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PHASE SEPARATION;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 79958140930     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061010-113849     Document Type: Article

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