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Copper nanowires as an additive to water-based drilling fluid

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3D nanostructures, such as nanoparticles, it is the most used nanomaterial. However, 1D nanostructures such as nanowires (NWs) have equivalent properties that may use in several applications. In this study, the use of copper nanowires (Cu NWs) to improve the rheological of water-based drilling fluids is reported. The synthesis of the nanomaterial was conducted by redox reaction with copper (ll) salts. The morphology of Cu NWs has been observed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). In addition, their bonding structure was studied by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). The influence of Cu NWs on drilling fluid rheological properties was studied at different concentrations and different temperatures. The experimental results show that the interaction of Cu NWs with the drilling fluids resulted in a decrease in apparent viscosity (AV), plastic viscosity (PV), and yield point (YP) at 30%, and increase API fluid loss at 44%.

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Abbreviations

NWs:

Nanowires

Cu NWs:

Copper nanowires

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

XPS:

X-ray photoemission spectroscopy

AV:

Apparent viscosity

PV:

Plastic viscosity

YP:

Yield point

API:

American petroleum institute

NPs:

Nanoparticles

EDA:

Ethylenediamine

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank to the XRD laboratory headed by Dr. José Antonio Henao for his collaboration in taking the diffractograms. Microscopy Central Laboratory at PTG-UIS for your collaboration in taking the SEM and the surface science laboratory at Universidad Industrial de Santander for performing the XPS tests.

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  1. Laboratorio de Espectroscopia Atómica y Molecular (LEAM), Universidad Industrial de Santander, 680002, Bucaramanga, Colombia

    Iván Felipe Díaz Izaquita, Luzelly Ortiz Espinel, Rafael Cabanzo-Hernández & Enrique Mejía-Ospino

  2. Grupo de Investigación en Tomografía (GIT), Universidad Industrial de Santander, 680002, Bucaramanga, Colombia

    Iván Felipe Díaz Izaquita, Nicolas Santos Santos & Enrique Mejía-Ospino

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Díaz Izaquita, I.F., Ortiz Espinel, L., Santos Santos, N. et al. Copper nanowires as an additive to water-based drilling fluid. MRS Advances 7, 981–986 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-022-00422-z

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