Abundant naphthenic acids in oil sands process-affected water: Studies by synthesis, derivatisation and two-dimensional gas chromatography/high-resolution mass spectrometry

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 357-365

  West, Charles E ^a   Scarlett, Alan G ^a   Pureveen, Jos ^b   Tegelaar, Erik W ^b   Rowland, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR;

DERIVATIZATIONS; HIGH MASS ACCURACIES; HYDROXY ACIDS; MASS SPECTRA; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SANDS PROCESS-AFFECTED WATERS; TRIMETHYLSILYL; TWO DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; WATER SAMPLES; WATER STUDY;

ESTERS;

EID: 84871342686     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6452     Document Type: Article

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