Wetting delay

The resulting wetting delay is exacerbated by aging or heating1 As shown in Figure 15 the newsprint manufactured from... 

R. A. Owen and D. J. Pulling, Wetting Delay Film Boiling of Water Jets Impinging on Hot Flat Metal Surfaces, in T. N. Veziroglu (ed.), Multiphase Transport, 2, pp. 639-669, Hemisphere, Washington, DC, 1979. 

Gas is produced to surface separators which are used to extract the heavier ends of the mixture (typically the components). The dry gas is then compressed and reinjected into the reservoir to maintain the pressure above the dew point. As the recycling progresses the reservoir composition becomes leaner (less heavy components), until eventually it is not economic to separate and compress the dry gas, at which point the reservoir pressure is blown down as for a wet gas reservoir. The sales profile for a recycling scheme consists of early sales of condensate liquids and delayed sale of gas. An alternative method of keeping the reservoir above the dew point but avoiding the deferred gas sales is by water injection. 

One should also note that the interaction across the interface between the PSA and the paint takes time to build. Both continued wet-out of the adhesive and the interfacial rearrangements of the functional groups are contributing factors to this time delayed adhesion build. 

Fig. 7. A C-13 relaxation time measurement of solid state wetted cellulose acetate (6% by weight water) using the inversion recovery (IR) method at 50.1 MHz and spinning at 3.2 kHz at the magic angle (54.7 deg) with strong proton decoupling during the aquisition time (136.3 ms), (upper part of the Figure). Tau represents the intervals between the 180 deg (12.2 us) inverting and 90 deg (6.1 us) measuring pulse. 2200 scans were collected and the pulse delay time was 10 s, Cf. Table 3 and Ref.281...

Controlling fluid loss loss is particularly important in the case of the expensive high density brine completion fluids. While copolymers and terpolymers of vinyl monomers such as sodium poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide-coacrylic acid) has been used (H)), hydroxyethyl cellulose is the most commonly used fluid loss additive (11). It is difficult to get most polymers to hydrate in these brines (which may contain less than 50% wt. water). The treatment of HEC particle surfaces with aldehydes such as glyoxal can delay hydration until the HEC particles are well dispersed (12). Slurries in low viscosity oils (13) and alcohols have been used to disperse HEC particles prior to their addition to high density brines. This and the use of hot brines has been found to aid HEC dissolution. Wetting agents such as sulfosuccinate diesters have been found to result in increased permeability in cores invaded by high density brines (14). 

A wet-ashing procedure for analysis of fatty animal tissue was modified by using Teflon-lined bombs rated for use at 340 bar instead of open crucibles. Bombs cooled to well below 0°C were charged with fuming nitric and fuming sulfuric acids (1 ml of each) and adipose tissue (0.5 g), removed from the cooling bath and sealed. After 10 min delay, the bombs exploded, probably owing to development of... 

Free nitrous acid causes an immediate blue color at the point of contact with starch-iodide test paper. A delayed color or a color around the periphery of the wetted area is of no significance. At all times there must be an excess of mineral acid (blue color on Congo paper). 

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