Determination of mercury in crude oil by atomic spectroscopy

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Nadkarni, R A Kishore ^a   Hwang, J David ^b  

^a Millennium Analytics Inc   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic spectroscopy; Crude oil; Gold amalgamation; Mercury

Indexed keywords

TEST METHOD; TRACE AMOUNTS;

ATOMS; CRUDE OIL; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79958734057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI103559     Document Type: Article

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