Phase behavior and physicochemical properties of (sodium dodecyl sulfate + brine + propan-1-ol + heptane) microemulsions

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1000-1006

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

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH SALINITY; LOW SALINITY; LOW-TO-HIGH; MICROEMULSION SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL SALINITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROPAN-1-OL; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SALINITY CHANGE; SINGLE-PHASE MICROEMULSION; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; HEPTANE; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE BEHAVIOR; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MICROEMULSIONS;

EID: 84858126595     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je2013796     Document Type: Article

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