Year
1986
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Rovere, C. E., Analytical studies on Australian shale oils, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, , University of Wollongong, 1986. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2087
Abstract
New analytical methods were developed for the analysis of shale oil. They included two for the complete chemical class separation of shale oil, one for the resolution of 1-6 ring aromatic hydrocarbons and one for the quantitation of nitriles by infrared spectrophotometry (IR). The first chemical class separation scheme was an extension of an existing method and employed a combination of acid and base extraction and open column chromatography. The fractions collected comprised alkanes, alkenes, n-alkadienes, n-alkylmonoaromatics,
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