Identification of some single branched alkanes in crude oils

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 465-476

  Warton, Ben ^a   Alexander, Robert ^a   Kagi, Robert I ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Branched alkanes; Crude oil; Magnet selected ion recording; Mass spectrometry; Monomethylalkanes; Petroleum; T branched alkanes

Indexed keywords

MAGNET SELECTED ION RECORDING; MONOMETHYLALKANES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0031581475     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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