Evaluation of Egyptian bentonite and nano-bentonite as drilling mud

Nano-particles of bentonite have been prepared by nano-grinding. The nano-bentonite was characterized by X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The bentonite particles had been ground to the si...

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Main Authors: M.I. Abdou, A.M. Al-sabagh, M.M. Dardir
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Language:English
Published: Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute 2013-06-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062112000499
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A.M. Al-sabagh
M.M. Dardir
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description Nano-particles of bentonite have been prepared by nano-grinding. The nano-bentonite was characterized by X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The bentonite particles had been ground to the size ranging from 4 to 9 nm. Both natural and nano-bentonite were evaluated as drilling mud. The evaluation involved the study of the rheological properties, filtration and gel strength before and after treatment with viscosities and filter loss agent, and compared with the American Petroleum Institute API bentonite. With decreasing the grain size of bentonite to the nano-scale, the results were not satisfied to the API -standard.
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spelling doaj-art-6441b3196f9649e8967f8fea2bd3e0c32025-08-20T01:57:14ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212013-06-01221535910.1016/j.ejpe.2012.07.002Evaluation of Egyptian bentonite and nano-bentonite as drilling mudM.I. AbdouA.M. Al-sabaghM.M. DardirNano-particles of bentonite have been prepared by nano-grinding. The nano-bentonite was characterized by X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The bentonite particles had been ground to the size ranging from 4 to 9 nm. Both natural and nano-bentonite were evaluated as drilling mud. The evaluation involved the study of the rheological properties, filtration and gel strength before and after treatment with viscosities and filter loss agent, and compared with the American Petroleum Institute API bentonite. With decreasing the grain size of bentonite to the nano-scale, the results were not satisfied to the API -standard.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062112000499Drilling fluidsNano-bentoniteRheological properties
spellingShingle M.I. Abdou
A.M. Al-sabagh
M.M. Dardir
Evaluation of Egyptian bentonite and nano-bentonite as drilling mud
Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Drilling fluids
Nano-bentonite
Rheological properties
title Evaluation of Egyptian bentonite and nano-bentonite as drilling mud
title_full Evaluation of Egyptian bentonite and nano-bentonite as drilling mud
title_fullStr Evaluation of Egyptian bentonite and nano-bentonite as drilling mud
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Egyptian bentonite and nano-bentonite as drilling mud
title_short Evaluation of Egyptian bentonite and nano-bentonite as drilling mud
title_sort evaluation of egyptian bentonite and nano bentonite as drilling mud
topic Drilling fluids
Nano-bentonite
Rheological properties
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062112000499
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