%0 Figure %A Vallejo-Cardona, Alba Adriana %A Martínez-Palou, Rafael %A Chávez-Gómez, Benjamín %A García-Caloca, Graciela %A Guerra-Camacho, Jairo %A Cerón-Camacho, Ricardo %A Reyes-Ávila, Jesús %A Karamath, James Robert %A Aburto, Jorge %D 2017 %T Demulsification of crude oil-in-water emulsions by means of fungal spores - Fig 5 %U https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/Demulsification_of_crude_oil-in-water_emulsions_by_means_of_fungal_spores_-_Fig_5/4690912 %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0170985.g005 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/7653193 %K fluorescence ratio %K crude oils %K 326 nm %K water separation %K spores %K crude oil-in-water emulsions %K petroleum hydrocarbons %K chemical demulsifiers %K 2 g %K emulsion destabilization %K medium crude oil %K marine sediments %K 0.7 h %K spectrofluorometric technique %K IMPMS 7 %K API %K Aspergillus sp %X

Photographs showing separation of water in the O/W emulsions prepared I) (a) without fungal spore, with fungal spores at a concentration of (b) 2 and (c) 3.5 g/L. Conditions: T = 45°C, 24 h of incubation. II) Micrograph of emulsion. and III) Micrograph after breaking of emulsion by spores. 20x.

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