IDENTIFICATION OF OIL COMPONENTS BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY FOLLOWED BY LOW TEMPERATURE LUMINESCENCE ANALYSIS

A study was begun using gas chromatography, followed by low temperature (77 degrees K) luminescence analysis, to identify major emitting components of oil. Measurement at low temperature was performed because additional phosphorescence emission could appear, and because spectral bandwidths become narrower, permitting better specificity. Specific oil components, such as naphthalene derivatives, were measured quantitatively. Data on individual components were used to interpret the luminescence of non-chromatographed samples, leading to a better basis for the phenomenological methods of oil identification now in use.

• Corporate Authors:

  Conference on Analytical Chem & Appl Spectroscopy

  Pittsburgh, PA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Brounrigg, J T
  • Hornig, A W
• Publication Date: 1976

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution sources; Fluorescence; Gas chromatography; Identification systems; Oil spill cleanup; Oils; Pollution control
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil fluorescence; Oil spill identification
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141591
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Pollution Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 406
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM