The ultralow interfacial tensions between crude oils and gemini surfactant solutions.

J Colloid Interface Sci

State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation Engineering, Southwest Petroleum Institute, Chengdu 610500, People's Republic of China.

Published: May 2005

In this paper, the interfacial tension between crude oil and solution of cationic gemini surfactant has been studied. It is found that the interfacial tension between crude oil and water is closely related to the nature of a gemini surfactant and oil; meanwhile, in the case without additives, some gemini surfactants or mixtures of some gemini surfactants can reduce the interfacial tension between crude oil and water to an ultralow value.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2004.11.066DOI Listing

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