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hygroscopic
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to a property of a substance that allows the substance to take up water from the surrounding atmosphere. Many materials used in drilling muds are hygroscopic, for ...
chrome-free
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to a mud additive (usually lignosulfonate or lignite) that does not contain any chromium compounds.
organophilic
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to a material that associates with organic and oily surfaces and liquids and rejects aqueous systems. An example of organophilic behavior in drilling fluids is the ...
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