imbibition fluid

  • 1Imbibition — is defined as the displacement of one fluid by another immiscible fluid. This process is controlled and affected by a variety of factors. The capillary number ( Ca ) and the mobility ratio ( M ) have the greatest importance. A classification of… …

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  • 2imbibition — 1. Absorption of fluid by a solid body without resultant chemical change in either. 2. Taking up of water by a gel, thereby increasing its size. [L. im bibo, to drink in (in + bibo)] * * * im·bi·bi·tion .im bə bish ən n the action or process of… …

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  • 3imbibition —    1. The absorption of a fluid, usually water, by a granular rock or other porous material, under the force of capillary attraction, and in the presence of pressure.    2. Fluid displacement in porous media as a result of capillary forces only… …

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  • 4imbibition — noun Date: 15th century the act or action of imbibing; especially the taking up of fluid by a colloidal system resulting in swelling • imbibitional adjective …

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  • 5флюид пропитывания — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN imbibition fluid …

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  • 6Relative permeability — In multiphase flow in porous media, relative permeability is a dimensionless measure of the effective permeability of each phase. It can be viewed as an adaptation of Darcy s law to multiphase flow. For two phase flow in porous media given steady …

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  • 7plant development — Introduction       a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… …

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  • 8Porosity — or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e., empty ) spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0–1, or as a percentage between 0–100%. The term is used in multiple fields including… …

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  • 9body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …

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  • 10Skin grafting — is a type of medical grafting involving the transplantation of skin. The transplanted tissue is called a skin graft.Skin grafting is often used to treat: *Extensive wounding or trauma *Burns *Areas of prior infection with extensive skin loss… …

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