Wettability alteration by trimeric cationic surfactant at water-wet/oil-wet mica mineral surfaces

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7943-7949

  Zhang, Rui ^a   Qin, Ni ^a   Peng, Lin ^a   Tang, Ke ^a   Ye, Zhongbin ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Contact angle; Trimeric cationic surfactant; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOPHYSICS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CHAINS; CONTACT ANGLE; CRUDE OIL; DYES; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICA; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHASE INTERFACES; SILICATE MINERALS; WETTING AGENTS;

HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; OIL RECOVERY PROCESS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; THREE PHASE SYSTEM; TRIMERIC CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

WETTING;

EID: 84862551039     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.04.139     Document Type: Article

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