Microemulsions as potential interfacial chemical systems applied in the petroleum industry

Microemulsions: Properties and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 411-450

  Neto, Afonso Avelino Dantas ^a   Dantas, Tereza Neuma de Castro ^a   Moura, Maria Carlenise Paiva de Alencar ^a   Neto, Eduardo Lins de Barros ^a   Gurgel, Alexandre ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420089608     Document Type: Chapter

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