Volume 17, Issue 4 pp. 197-202
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Separation of fuels, heavy fractions, and crude oils into compound classes: A review

Elsa Lundanes

Elsa Lundanes

Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway

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Tyge Greibrokk

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Tyge Greibrokk

Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway

Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, NorwaySearch for more papers by this author
First published: April 1994
Citations: 50

Abstract

Practically all the conventional chromatographic techniques are used in the characterization of the highly complex mixtures of organic compounds occurring in fuels, heavy fractions, and crude oils. This paper surveys the techniques employed for class determination, preparative fractionation of the main classes, and determination of subgroups after class fractionation.

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