Determination of biodiesel blending percentages using natural abundance radiocarbon analysis: Testing the accuracy of retail biodiesel blends

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2476-2482

  Reddy, Christopher M ^a   Demello, Jared A ^a   Carmichael, Catherine A ^a   Peacock, Emily E ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Arey, J Samuel ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS;

BIODIESEL BLENDING; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS;

BIODIESEL;

CARBON 14; DIESEL FUEL;

BIODIESEL; COMPUTATION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; DIESEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRIC METHOD;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; GASOLINE; HALF-LIFE; UNCERTAINTY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41649084828     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071814j     Document Type: Article

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