Chlorine and sulfur determination in extra-heavy crude oil by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry after microwave-induced combustion

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 554-558

  Pereira, Juliana S F ^a   Mello, Paola A ^a   Moraes, Diogo P ^a   Duarte, Fábio A ^a   Dressler, Valderi L ^a   Knapp, Guenter ^b   Flores, Érico M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chlorine determination; Extra heavy crude oil; ICP OES; Microwave induced combustion; Sulfur determination

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; ANALYTES; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; CHLORINE DETERMINATION; CLOSED VESSELS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; CONCENTRATION OF; CRUDE OIL; EXTRA-HEAVY CRUDE OIL; HEAVY CRUDE OIL; HIGH PRESSURE; ICP OES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MICROWAVE ASSISTED DIGESTION; MICROWAVE-INDUCED COMBUSTION; OXYGEN PRESSURE; POLYETHYLENE FILM; WATER EXTRACTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHLORINE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COAL COMBUSTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIGHT EMISSION; METAL RECOVERY; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM COKE; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA TORCHES; QUARTZ; REFUSE DIGESTION; RESIDUAL FUELS; SMOKE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TRANSPIRATION;

SULFUR DETERMINATION;

EID: 67651083736     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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