Author(s): R. A. Kishore Nadkarni, editor
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 275
Foreword......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Overview......Page 7
Zen and the Art (or is it Science) of a Perfect Analysis......Page 12
Analysis of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Samples by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES), Using Pneumatic Nebulizer and Standard Spray Chamber......Page 26
Elemental Analysis of Lubricating Grease by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)......Page 33
The Use of Microwave Digestion and ICP to Determine Elements in Petroleum Samples......Page 42
Advances in ICP-MS Technologies for Characterization and Ultra-Trace Speciation as a Tool for the Petroleum Industry......Page 51
Direct Trace and Ultra-Trace Metals Determination in Crude Oil and Fractions by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry......Page 60
Fuel Analysis by Filter Furnace Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry......Page 68
Rotrode Filter Spectroscopy: A Recently Improved Method to Detect and Analyze Large Wear and Contaminant Particles in Fluids......Page 80
Trace Levels of Sulfur in the Fuels of the Future: Analytical Perspective......Page 93
Analysis of Fuels, Lubricants, and Greases Using X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry......Page 106
Determination of Sulfur Content in Crude Oil Using On-Line X-ray Transmission Technology......Page 116
Low-Level Sulfur in Fuel Determination Using Monochromatic WD XRF?ASTM D 7039-04......Page 124
Latest Improvements on Using Polarized X-Ray Excitation EDXRF for the Analysis of Low Sulfur Content in Automotive Fuel......Page 136
Rapid Determination of Sulfur in Liquid Hydrocarbons for At- Line Process Applications Using Combustion/Oxidation and UV-Fluorescence Detection......Page 145
Pyro-Electrochemical On-Line Ultra Low Sulfur Analyzer......Page 160
DP-SCD and LTMGC for Determination of Low Sulfur Levels in Hydrocarbons......Page 172
Sampling and Analysis of Mercury in Crude Oil......Page 188
Determination of Total Mercury in Crude Oil by Combustion Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (CVAAS)......Page 203
Mercury Measurements in Fossil Fuels, Particularly Petrochemicals......Page 214
Recent Advances in Gas Chromatographic/Atomic Emission Hetero-Atom Selective Detection for Characterization of Petroleum Streams and Products......Page 227
Improvements in the Determination of Fluorine in Fuel and Lubricants by Oxidative Combustion and Ion-Selective Electrode Detection......Page 238
Analysis of the Volatiles Generated During the Selby-Noack Test by ³¹P NMR Spectroscopy......Page 261
Author Index......Page 280
Subject Index......Page 281
