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The effect of alcohol on surfactant mass transfer from bulk solution to the oil/dilute micellar solution interface was studied. Various interfacial properties of the surfactant solutions and their ability for displacing oil were determined. For the surfactant-oil-brine systems studied, the interfacial tension (IFT) and surfactant partition coefficient did not change when isobutanol was added to the following systems: 0.1% TRS 10-410 in 1.5% NaCl vs. n-dodecane and 0.05% TRS 10—80 in 1.0% NaCl vs. n-octane. On the other hand, the interfacial viscosity, oil drop flattening time (i.e. the time required for an oil droplet to flatten out after being deposited on the underside of a polished quartz plate submerged in the micellar solution) and oil displacement efficiency were influenced markedly by the addition of alcohol.
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Chiang, M.Y., Shah, D.O. (1981). The Effect of Alcohol on Surfactant Mass Transfer Across the Oil/Brine Interface and Related Phenomena. In: Shah, D.O. (eds) Surface Phenomena in Enhanced Oil Recovery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0337-5_25
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