Volume 17, Issue 4 pp. 223-229
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High temperature gas chromatography – atomic emission detection of metalloporphyrins in crude oils

Yadi Zeng

Yadi Zeng

Department of Chemistry, Lederle Research Tower A, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA

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Peter C. Uden

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Peter C. Uden

Department of Chemistry, Lederle Research Tower A, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA

Department of Chemistry, Lederle Research Tower A, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USASearch for more papers by this author
First published: April 1994
Citations: 33

Abstract

High temperature gas chromatography-atomic emission spectroscopy is used for the detection of vanadyl, nickel, and iron porphyrins in crude oils. The operational variables are investigated with regard to the effects on performance in high temperature GC-AED. Under optimal conditions, the method provides charactersitic metal distributions for oils from different sources. The method is also advantageous in the study of decomposition of petroleum metal species. Several crude oils were analyzed for the content of the distillable metals in comparison with total metals as determined by a direct spectroscopic method.

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