Determination of the onset of asphaltene precipitation by visible ultraviolet spectrometry and spectrofluorimetry

Analytical Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2648-2664

  Mansur, Claudia R E ^a   Guimarães, Aline R S ^a   González, Gaspar ^b   Lucas, Elizabete F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 70449348142     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710903243612     Document Type: Article

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