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provide accurate prediction of class about 90% of the time. A major inaccuracy lies
with the unstable types and these because of the fact that there are three distinct types
of oils or fuels in this class, each very different, and because of the possible presence
of emulsion breakers or asphaltene suspenders in the oils. The greatest difficulty
however is separating meso-stable and stable types.
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