Determination of total mercury in crude oil by combustion Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (CVAAS)

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 247-257

  Fox, Brian S ^a   Mason, Kelly John ^b   McElroy, Frank C ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Process Optimization Technology Process Engineering Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion cvaas; Crude oil; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ACID DIGESTION; COMBUSTION COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY (CVAAS); MERCURY; POLLUTANTS;

AIR POLLUTION; COAL COMBUSTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTION;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 30644467999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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