Identification of individual acids in a commercial sample of naphthenic acids from petroleum by two-dimensional comprehensive gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1741-1751

  Rowland, Steven J ^a   West, Charles E ^a   Scarlett, Alan G ^a   Jones, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CRUDE OIL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS OILS; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CONVENTIONAL GAS; DIAMONDOIDS; GASCHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SANDS PROCESS WATERS; SYNTHESISED; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 79956319039     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5040     Document Type: Article

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