Yen T.F., Chilingarian G.V. (eds.) Asphaltenes and Asphalts 2

Elsevier, 2000. — 621 p. — (Development in Petroleum Science 40B).This is the second volume in the series of Asphaltenes and Asphalts.
Knowledge of both asphaltenes and asphalts is needed by several disciplines, and often the progress is dictated by interdisciplinary sciences and technology. This includes material sciences, fuel sciences, chemical engineering, civil engineering, environmental engineering, polymer sciences, transportation engineering, petroleum engineering, chemistry, geological sciences, physics, geochemistry, rheology, biological sciences, tribology, soil sciences, petroleum science. The development in this field is not based on our knowledge of chemistry or petroleum engineering alone, as many chemists and petroleum engineers believe. In this volume, therefore, we have included significant contributions made in different disciplines.
The monumental progress in this specialized field was achieved in large measure by the recent significant international conferences, such as the 1991 International Conference on Chemistry of Bitumens in Rome, Italy, the 1995 International Conference on Asphaltene and Wax Deposit for Oil Production in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the 1997 Fifth Chemical Congress of North America in Cancun, Mexico. Some chapters in this volume contain representative papers from all three conferences.