Table 3 Calculated interfacial tension for the different passivations and confined fluids.

From: Improved oil recovery in nanopores: NanoIOR

Passivation

Interfacial Tensions

SiOH-Rich

0.57 ± 0.02 N/m

0.58 ± 0.02 N/m

0.74 ± 0.02 N/m

SiOSi-Rich

0.33 ± 0.01 N/m

0.62 ± 0.01 N/m

0.38 ± 0.01 N/m

Back to article page