Self-association of organic acids in petroleum and Canadian bitumen characterized by low- and high-resolution mass spectrometry

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1309-1316

  Smith, Donald F ^a,b   Schaub, Tanner M ^a   Rahimi, Parviz ^c   Teclemariam, Alem ^c   Rodgers, Ryan P ^a,b   Marshall, Alan G ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ASPHALTENES; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; DISTILLATION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS;

ATHABASCA BITUMEN; BITUMEN DISTILLATES; COLLISION-ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION (CAD); HIGH-RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEGATIVE-ION ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 34250223470     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060387c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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