Mass spectral characterisation of a polar, esterified fraction of an organic extract of an oil sands process water

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 2352-2362

  Rowland, S J ^a   Pereira, A S ^b   Martin, J W ^b   Scarlett, A G ^a   West, C E ^a   Lengger, S K ^a   Wilde, M J ^a   Pureveen, J ^c   Tegelaar, E W ^c   Frank, R A ^d   Hewitt, L M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EXTRACTION; FOURIER SERIES; HYDROGEN BONDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL IONS; METHANOL; NEGATIVE IONS; PHASE SEPARATION; POSITIVE IONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANDSTONE;

COMPLEX MIXTURE; DOUBLE BONDS; EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTIONS; MASS SPECTRAL; OIL SANDS PROCESS WATERS; OIL SANDS PROCESS-AFFECTED WATERS; ORGANIC EXTRACTS; POLAR FRACTION; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION; WATER FRACTION;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ESTER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PROCEDURES; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTERS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925599975     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7024     Document Type: Article

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