Petroleum analysis

Chromatography in Petroleum Analysis, edited by Klaus H. AItgelt and T. H. Gouw... 

Handbook of Petroleum Analysis. By James G. Speight Handbook of Petroleum Product Analysis. By James G. Speight Photoacoustic Infrared Spectroscopy. By Kirk H. Michaelian... 

Speight, J. G. 2001. Handbook of Petroleum Analysis. Wiley, New York. 

Inevitably developments in all fields of analytical chemistry find their applications to the problems of the chemist in the field of petroleum. Thus ion exchange, microwave techniques, nuclear resonance, radioactive isotopes, activation analysis, high frequency vibrations, and other developments of fundamental research should find applications in the field of petroleum analysis. 

Table 1.2 Application of unified chromatography in petroleum analysis (20)...

To satisfy specific needs with regard to the type of petroleum to be processed, as well as to the nature of the product, most refiners have, through time, developed their own methods of petroleum analysis and evaluation. However, such methods are considered proprietary and are not normally available. Consequently, various standards organizations, such as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM, 1995) in North America and the Institute of Petroleum in Britain (IP, 1997), have devoted considerable time and effort to the correlation and standardization of methods for the inspection and evaluation of petroleum and petroleum products. A complete discussion of the large number of routine tests available for petroleum fills entire books (ASTM, 1995). However, it seems appropriate that in any discussion of the physical properties of petroleum and petroleum products reference should be made to the corresponding test, and accordingly, the various test numbers have been included in the text. 

Altgelt, K.H., and Gouw, T.H. 1979. Chromatography in Petroleum Analysis. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York. ASTM. 1995. Annual Book of Standards. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Speight, J. G., Handbook of Petroleum Analysis. John Wiley Sons Inc., New York, 2001. Speight, J. G. and B. Ozum, Petroleum Refining Processes. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, N.Y, 2002. 

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