Abstract

BORGES R, Belsay C  and  ACEVEDO, Sócrates. Caracterización Estructural de distintas fracciones Aisladas del crudo extrapesado Carabobo. Rev. LatinAm. Met. Mat. [online]. 2007, vol.27, n.2, pp.83-94. ISSN 0255-6952.

In this paper it was made the isolation and structural characterization of asphaltenes and other natural surfactants extracted from Carabobo extra-heavy Venezuelan crude oil using modified Soxhlet extraction method. The results suggest in the isolated acid fraction the presence of almost two types of compounds, where one of them is a compound with acid characteristics and low molecular weight, while the other show high molecular weight and characteristic very similar to asphaltenes.

Keywords : Asphaltenes; Acids compounds; Crude oil.