Analytical pyrolysis for determining the molecular composition of contemporary monosulfidic black ooze

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 640-652

  Lockhart, Robert S ^a   Berwick, Lyndon J ^a   Greenwood, Paul ^a,b   Grice, Kliti ^a   Kraal, Peter ^c   Bush, Richard ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alkylthiophenes; Flash pyrolysis; Hydropyrolysis; Monosulfidic Black ooze; MSSV pyrolysis; Organic macromolecule; Organic sulfur compound

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ESSENTIAL OILS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; THIOPHENE;

ALKYLTHIOPHENES; FLASH PYROLYSIS; HYDROPYROLYSIS; MONOSULFIDIC BLACK OOZE; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULES; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 84887995370     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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