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Title: Synthesis, characterization, and rheological studies of model water-soluble graft copolymers for application in enhanced oil recovery

Journal Article · · Diss. Abstr. Int. B; (United States)
OSTI ID:5810296

Model water-soluble graft copolymers have been synthesized with acrylamide as the major grafting monomer and dextran as the substrate in order to define more clearly the structural parameters that are important in enhanced oil recovery applications. The structures of the model graft copolymer samples were studied by aqueous size exclusion chromatography, viscometry, elemental analysis, and selective hydrolysis of the graft copolymer backbone. The grafting systems with selected grafting monomers included Fe(II)/H/sub 2/O/sub 2/ with acrylamide, and Ce(IV)/HNO/sub 3/ with acrylamide, acrylamide/2-acrylamido-2-meth propane sulfonic acid, or acrylamide/diacetone acrylamide. The viscosity and pseudoplasticity of the resulting graft copolymers were affected by both total molecular weight and length of grafted chains; however, the latter was apparently more important when behavior was compared to linear counterparts.

OSTI ID:
5810296
Journal Information:
Diss. Abstr. Int. B; (United States), Vol. 43:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English