Water pH and surfactant addition effects on the stability of an Algerian crude oil emulsion

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-337

  Daaou, Mortada ^a   Bendedouch, Dalila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Emulsion stability; Optical microscopy; PH; Surfactant; Test bottle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863003229     PISSN: 13196103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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