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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing
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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing

by Alireza Bahadori, Chikezie Nwaoha, Malcolm William Clark
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
478 pages
16h 29m
English
CRC Press
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Emulsied Asphalt
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mulsied Asphalt: An emulsion of asphalt cement and water, containing a
small amount of an emulsifying agent.
Emulsier: (1) An additive that promotes the formation of a stable mixture,
or emulsion, of oil and water. (2) An emulsion-stabilizing mechanism, usu-
ally either surface-active agent, nes, viscosity, or charge. (3) A compound
added to a mixture of two immiscible liquids in order to make it an emul-
sion, and not just two layers of liquid lying on top of each other. An emulsier
will usually be a molecule where one end is highly soluble in water, and the
other is highly soluble in oil. Sodium dodecyl sulfate
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