Metal Analysis of Virgin and Crude Petroleum Products

Metal Analysis of Virgin and Crude Petroleum Products 

Crude oil or petroleum product is a substance on which modern life depends. One-third of the world s power and most organic chemicals come from it. It is used as fuel in automobiles, aircraft and ships, and provides heat and light to homes, schools and businesses. It can be distilled to form lubricants to keep machinery running smoothly and it can give bitumen residues that are used as tar to surface roads and runways for aircraft. The derivatives from crude oils can also be used to make plastics, fibres, drugs, detergents, paints, polishes, ointments, solvents, insecticides and weed killers. 

The relative abundance of members of homologous series is often similar to living systems e.g. isoprenoids, porphyrins, steranes, hopanes, etc., and the preference for odd numbered long chain normal alkanes is well documented [1], The isotopic composition 

A Practical Approach to Quantitative Metal Analysis of Organic Matrices Martin Brennan 2008 John Wiley Sons, Ltd 

The crude oils lodged in the earth s rock basins are now such a commercial commodity that the financial world operates around them. The spin-offs have been such a commercial success that advancements into the future are certainly a real possibility. 

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