SOURCE IDENTIFICATION OF FUEL OIL SPILLS

Ultraviolet, infrared and flourescence spectrometry and gas chromatography were studied as methods for the passive tagging of furnace fuel oil spills. It was found that only gas chromatography, using a sulphur sensitive flame photometric detector, was capable of distinguishing between different brands of furnace oil which had been weathered for more than twenty four hours.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference on Great Lakes Res, 17th, Proceedings Pt 1, McMaster University, Hamilton, Onto., August 12-14, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Great Lakes Research

  220 East Huron Street
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48108
• Authors:
  • Berg, O W
  • Diosady, P L
  • Gutteridge, R L
  • Nicholson, A A
  • Vanesche, H L
• Conference:
  • Conference on Great Lakes Res, 17th, Proceedings Pt 1, McMaster University, Hamilton, Onto., August 12-14, 1974.
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 483-492

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Gas chromatography; Identification systems; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Weathering
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill identification; Oil spill sources; Oil spill weathering; Oil tagging methods
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137987
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1976 12:00AM