Abstract: The process for measuring the coefficients of adhesion and friction of a drilling fluid involves, following the standardized filtration of the drilling fluid or mud from which a solid phase "filtration cake" and a liquid phase or filtrate collected on the downstream side of a filter 15 are obtained, placing a metal piston skirt 29 in contact with a filtration cake in the presence of a contact pressure, and measuring the moments of adhesion and friction when the skirt is driven in axial rotation perpendicular to the contact surface, and the axial extraction or contact adhesion force when the skirt is withdrawn after a determinate period of contact.

Abstract: Process for treating an aqueous solution of acrylamide resin, characterized in that an emulsifier which is preferably nonionic or anionic, a solution of initiator comprising an organic peroxide, preferably a diperoxide, and optionally a solution of a retarder preferably consisting of a phenol derivative or an alkali metal inorganic derivative are added slowly and with stirring, preferably in the form of a pre-emulsion, to an aqueous solution of acrylamide resin monomer.