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1Tamiz Bakhtiari, Marjan

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1Bitumen extraction
1Clay
1Slime coating
1Sodium hydroxide
1Surfactants

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1Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

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1Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
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1English

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1Jacobe Masliyah (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering)
1Zhenghe Xu (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering)

Role of Sodium Hydroxide in Bitumen Extraction: Production of Natural Surfactants and Slime Coating
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Spring 2015

Tamiz Bakhtiari, Marjan

Alkaline environment by addition of NaOH in bitumen extraction process often shows a positive effect on bitumen recovery from Athabasca oil sands by mining-extraction method. NaOH ionizes organic acids in the bitumen to produce surfactants. These species are essential for bitumen liberation....

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Role of Sodium Hydroxide in Bitumen Extraction: Production of Natural Surfactants and Slime Coating