Gelation kinetics of an organically cross-linked gel at high temperature and pressure

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 1st International Oil Conference and Exhibition in Mexico 2006, IOCEM 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 897-904

  Al Muntasheri, G A ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^b   Zitha, P L J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; GELATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; METAL IONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CROSS-LINKED GELS; DEGREE OF HYDROLYSIS; GELATION KINETICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC SPECTROSCOPIES; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; STRUCTURE OF THE POLYMERS;

CROSSLINKING;

EID: 84903450128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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