Asphaltene Aggregation Behavior in Bromobenzene Determined By Small-angle X-ray Scattering

Autor:	Hiroshi Imamura, Hideki Yamamoto, Masato Morimoto, Keiko Nishikawa, Ryuzo Tanaka, Satoshi Shibuta, Toshimasa Takanohashi, Takeshi Morita
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Chemistry Small-angle X-ray scattering General Chemical Engineering Analytical chemistry Energy Engineering and Power Technology Solvent Pentane Hildebrand solubility parameter chemistry.chemical_compound Colloid Fuel Technology Bromobenzene Radius of gyration Organic chemistry Asphaltene
Zdroj:	Energy & Fuels. 29:5737-5743
ISSN:	1520-5029 0887-0624
Popis:	Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analyses of an asphaltene (a heptane-insoluble fraction in Canadian oil sand bitumen (CaAs)) at various concentrations in bromobenzene (BB) were performed at a synchrotron facility. BB is the first trial medium in which the aggregation behavior of asphaltenes has been elucidated, and is considered to be one of the “best” pure solvents for CaAs when determining the Hansen solubility parameters (HSP). Although the aggregation behavior of the CaAs in toluene (TL) and toluene–pentane mixed solvent (TL-PT10, containing 10% pentane on a volume basis) was confirmed to be similar to that reported in previous SAXS studies, the behavior in BB was markedly different. The results indicated that aggregates with a soft boundary of ∼30–60 A in the radius of gyration (Rg), which were observable in TL and TL-PT10, disappeared in BB and larger aggregates with a clear boundary appeared simultaneously. This phenomenon supported a colloidal aggregation model, with HSP analyses suggesting th...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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