Synthetic water-soluble polymeric materials are widely employed in e.g. cleaning detergents, personal care products, paints or textiles. Accordingly, these compounds reach...

Evaluation of surfactants as steam diverters/mobility control agents in light oil steamfloods: Effect of oil composition, rates and experimental conditions.

The polarizing microscope was used to study the structure of aqueous solutions of petroleum sulfonates in the composition range planned for injection. All the surfactants...