Use of methyldibenzothiophenes as markers for differentiation and source identification of crude and weathered oils.
Use of methyldibenzothiophenes as markers for differentiation and source identification of crude and weathered oils.
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使用甲基二苯并噻吩作为原油和风化油的区分和来源识别标记。
DOI:
10.1021/es00011a021
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
M. Fingas
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文献类型:
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作者:
Z. Wang;M. Fingas
A reliable, effective, and accurate gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric (GC/MS) method for differentiation and source identification of crude and weathered oils by the use of isomeric methyldibenzothiophene (C 1 -DBT) compounds is described. The method complements existing methods useful for oil characterization, but has its own distinct advantages: (1) C 1 -DBT isomers are present in all tested crude oils at relatively high concentrations and their distribution fingerprints vary significantly ; (2) C 1 -DBTs are chromatographicallywell-separated and resolved with minimal interference from other ions, and therefore the ratios of the isomeric C 1 -DBT compounds can be accurately determined ; (3) the relative distributions of C 1 -DBTs are subject to little interference from evaporative weathering in short-term or lightly weathered oils. However, the ratios are altered by biodegradation. Hence, this method can be distinctively used to indicate the occurrence of microbial degradation of oils. The effectiveness and usefulness of this method for oil source identification and differentiation and for oil weathering and biodegradation studies have been demonstrated by determination of the relative distributions of C 1 -DBTs in various samples including crude, weathered, burn, and biodegradation oil samples.