Monocyclic and monoaromatic naphthenic acids: Synthesis and characterisation

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-533

  Rowland, S J ^a   West, C E ^a   Scarlett, A G ^a   Jones, D ^a   Boberek, M ^a   Pan, L ^a   Ng, M ^a   Kwong, L ^a   Tonkin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethanoic acids; GCxGC MS; Monoaromatic acids; Monocyclic acids; Naphthenic acids

Indexed keywords

DRILLING PLATFORMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

ACID MIXTURES; COMPLEX MIXTURE; DEGRADED OIL; GCXGC-MS; MONOAROMATIC ACID; MONOCYCLIC ACID; MONOCYCLICS; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL PLATFORMS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 81155135047     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-011-0314-6     Document Type: Article

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