Salinity-Dependent Contact Angle Alteration in Oil/Brine/Silicate Systems : the Critical Role of Divalent Cations

The effectiveness of water flooding oil recovery depends to an important extent on the competitive wetting of oil and water on the solid rock matrix. Here, we use macroscopic contact angle goniometry in highly idealized model systems to evaluate how brine salinity affects the balance of wetting forc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 33(2017), 14 vom: 11. Apr., Seite 3349-3357
1. Verfasser: Haagh, M E J (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Siretanu, I, Duits, M H G, Mugele, F
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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