Impact of e-beam on the viscosity characteristics of oil
The purpose of work was research of the impact of a pulsed electron beam on the rheological properties of oil. It has been shown that exposure to an electron beam with high oil content wax results in reduction of its viscosity and oil with a high content of aromatic hydrocarbons results in an increase in viscosity. Impact of the electron beam to the individual oil components found that paraffinic hydrocarbons by radiolysis cleaved, giving lower molecular weight products, which leads to lower viscosity. Aromatic hydrocarbons are sewn in polyphenylenes, which leads to an increase in viscosity.