Brewster angle microscopy of langmuir films of Athabasca Bitumens, n-C5 asphaltenes, and SAGD bitumen during pressure-area hysteresis

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 244-263

  Hua, Yujuan ^a   Angle, Chandra W ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED MOLECULES; AIR/WATER INTERFACES; ATHABASCA BITUMEN; BAM IMAGES; BITUMEN EXTRACTION; BITUMEN FILMS; BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPES; BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPY; FIRST CYCLE; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; LANGMUIR TROUGH; NANO FILMS; PRESSURE AREA; PRESSURE-AREA ISOTHERMS; SURFACE PRESSURES; UNIFORMLY SMOOTH; WATER SURFACE;

ASPHALTENES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; HYSTERESIS; MOLECULES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84872121141     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la304205t     Document Type: Article

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