SYNTHESIS OF SELF-EMULSIFYING AGENTS FOR PETROLEUM OILS

Abstract

In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful. I am deeply thankful to God and it is my pleasure to acknowledge with deep gratitude the efforts of all those people who helped me in the execution of this work.

My deepest appreciation and sincere gratitude to Dr. Hemdan Nour Eldin, Midor Company, for suggesting the project of research, generous supervision and for his continuous guidance, advice, valuable help through this work, devoting much of his time for discussing and reviewing this thesis, also effort to complete this work.

I would like to express my thanks toDr. Tawfik Ramadan, Materials Science Department, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alexandria, for his supervision with keen interest and for devoting much of his valuable time for discussing and reviewing this thesis.

I am deeply thankful to Dr. Olfat M. Sadek, Materials Science Department, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alexandria, for her supervision with keen interest of this subject.

I also wish to express my thanks to "Alex. Mineral Oil Co." for continuous help and encouragement through all the work.

Special thanks are extended to my wife whohelped me during the time needed to accomplish this work and for her patience. I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to my parents for their encouragement, constant prayers and continuing support.