A METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF OIL FROM AN AQUEOUS OIL DETERGENT SOLUTION PRIOR TO IR ANALYSIS

A procedure was devised to permit the analysis of oil in water solutions in the presence of dissolved detergents using the CCl4 extraction-IR spectro-photometric method. After an initial extraction of the aqueous oil detergent solution with CCl4, the extract was evaporated on a slica gel column and eluted with CCl4. This procedure effectively removed all the detergent and allowed an interference-free analysis of the CCl4-oil solution with the IR-spectrophotometer. About 10% of the initial oil was lost in the procedure.

• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Ordnance Laboratory

  Indian Head, MD  United States  20640
• Authors:
  • ADAMS, C E
• Publication Date: 1974-7-19

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills
• Uncontrolled Terms: Oil separators
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil recovery systems
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098251
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: NOLTR 74-102
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM