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Taking the hydro out of hydrofracturing: Application of ultra-light weight proppants to cryogenic liquid nitrogen as a fracturing fluid 从水力压裂中提取水力:将超轻质支撑剂应用于低温液氮作为压裂液

University of Ottawa Science Undergraduate Research Journal Pub Date : 2018-08-23 DOI: 10.18192/osurj.v1i1.3711

Amna Ahmed, Teresa Zhu, A. Majeed

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