Modeling of pre-gel aggregate growth during the gelation of a polyacrylamide-chromium(III) Acetate gel system using the theory of branching processes

SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Cheng, M ^a,b   Wang, C ^a,c   McCool, C S ^a   Green, D W ^a   Willhite, G P ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84860960724     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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