Triplet electronic spin states of crude oils and asphaltenes

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2065-2075

  Klee, Tony ^a   Masterson, Tyler ^a   Miller, Bo ^a   Barrasso, Emma ^a   Bell, Jamal ^a   Lepkowicz, Richard ^a   West, Joseph ^b   Haley, Joy E ^c   Schmitt, Danielle L ^c   Flikkema, Jonathan L ^c   Cooper, Thomas M ^c   Ruiz Morales, Yosadara ^d   Mullins, Oliver C ^e  

^a ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^e SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIC TECHNIQUES; CRUDE OIL COMPOSITION; ELECTRONIC SPIN STATE; EMISSION TRANSITION; FUSED RING; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; MOLECULAR ORBITAL CALCULATIONS; OIL SAMPLES; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; POLYDISPERSES; QUENCHING EFFECT; SPECTRAL CONTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL RESULT; TRIPLET STATE; WILKINSON;

CRUDE OIL; FREE RADICALS; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYDISPERSITY;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 80051676681     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef101549k     Document Type: Article

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