Metal contents in crudes much lower than expected

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 44-51

  Dekkers, Chris ^a,c,d   Daane, Rinus ^b,e,f  

^a Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b Shell Int Oil Products   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^f National Federation of Independent Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARSENIC; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; METAL ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRIDE GENERATION ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0033101140     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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