Tailored functionalized polymer nanoparticles using gamma radiation for selected adsorption of barium and strontium in oilfield wastewater

To improve oil recovery from oilfield wells mineral scales derived by insoluble BaSO4 and SrSO4 salts during oil extraction should be diminished. In this work, adsorption selectivity of Barium (Ba2+) and Strontium (Sr2+) ions associated with saline formation waters was examined for the first time us...

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Main Authors: Sherif A. Younis, Mohamed M. Ghobashy, Ghada Bassioni, Ashwani K. Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:Arabian Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535218302673