Investigating the effect of different asphaltene structures on surface topography and wettability alteration

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8341-8349

  Amin, J Sayyad ^a   E nikooee, ^b   Ghatee, M H ^b   Ayatollahi, Sh ^b   Alamdari, A ^b   Sedghamiz, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asphaltene structure; Bi fractal; Surface topography; Wettability alteration

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; ASPHALTENES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; TOPOGRAPHY; WETTING;

AROMATIC RINGS; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; FRACTAL APPROACH; GLASS SURFACES; HIGH COMPLEXITY; WETTABILITY ALTERATION; WETTING CONDITIONS;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959330623     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.03.123     Document Type: Article

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