Elemental and spectroscopic characterization of fractions of an acidic extract of oil sands process water

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1655-1664

  Jones, D ^a   Scarlett, A G ^a   West, C E ^a   Frank, R A ^b   Gieleciak, R ^c,e   Hager, D ^c   Pureveen, J ^d   Tegelaar, E ^d   Rowland, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elemental analysis; FTIR; Naphthenic acids; Oil sands; Solid phase extraction; UV

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ESTERS; ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXANE; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHAS; OIL SANDS; PHASE SEPARATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THALLIUM ALLOYS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FTIR; MULTIDIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NAPHTHENIC ACID; ORBITRAP MASS SPECTROMETRIES; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION;

EXTRACTION;

ACIDIC EXTRACT OF OIL; ALICYCLIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; ETHER; HEXANE; HYDROXYACID; NAPHTHENIC ACID; NITROGEN; OIL; PETROLEUM; SULFOXIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACIDITY; ESTER; EXTRACTION METHOD; FRACTIONATION; OIL SAND; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FTIR; NAPHTHENIC ACIDS; OIL SANDS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; UV;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84886416352     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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