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Surfactants in Petroleum Industry

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An emulsifying agent is a chemical compound that concentrates at the two immiscible phase like oil and water. Emulsification is an important property of surfactants that has found application as emulsifying agents in various industries like food, pharmaceutical and petroleum industry.

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  1. Department of Petroleum Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

    Neha Saxena

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    Ajay Mandal

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Saxena, N., Mandal, A. (2022). Surfactants in Petroleum Industry. In: Natural Surfactants. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78548-2_3

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