Limitations to GC-MS determination of sulfur-containing polycyclic aromatic compounds in geochemical, petroleum, and environmental investigations

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3375-3384

  Hegazi, Abdelrahman H ^a,b   Andersson, Jan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEAD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEPARATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SEPARATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC SULFUR HETEROCYCLES; SULFUR AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 37249030523     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef700362v     Document Type: Article

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