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In this work, salt, alcohol and surfactant effects are investigated, at different water-to-oil ratios to determine their influence on phase behavior. A linear relationship is found between the logarithm of water-oil ratio in the middle phase and the salinity. Moreover, in the middle of the range of salt or alcohol concentration giving a three-phase system, the water-oil ratio in the middle phase has a value close to unity (value defined as an optimum), whatever the overall water-oil ratio may be.
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Baviere, M., Wade, W.H., Schechter, R.S. (1981). The Effect of Salt, Alcohol and Surfactant on Optimum Middle Phase Composition. In: Shah, D.O. (eds) Surface Phenomena in Enhanced Oil Recovery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0337-5_6
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