Laser-based mass spectrometric determination of aggregation numbers for petroleum- and coal-derived asphaltenes

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 475-482

  Wu, Qinghao ^a   Pomerantz, Andrew E ^b   Mullins, Oliver C ^b   Zare, Richard N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SURFACES; AGGREGATION NUMBERS; LASER DESORPTION; LASER IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PETROLEUM ASPHALTENES; PULSED LASER SOURCES; SPECTROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; YEN-MULLINS MODELS;

AGGREGATES; COAL; IONIZATION; LASER OPTICS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 84892730725     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef401958n     Document Type: Conference Paper

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