PETROLEUM OIL CHARACTERIZATION USING CARBON TYPE ANALYSIS AND INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY.

Abstract

The composition of petroleum oil was investigated using carbon type analysis and infrared spectroscopy. Samples of lubricant basestocks from different crude sources, finished engine lubricants, and commercial process oils were obtained for evaluation. Both methods of analysis provided a means to characterize or define hydrocarbon types present in the petroleum oil samples. An absorbance ratio of aromaticity-paraffinicity was subsequently developed to permit a rapid assignment of the relative hydrocarbon composition of petroleum oil samples. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0663816

Entities

People

  • M. E. Lepera

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Hydrocarbons
  • Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Lubricants
  • Petroleum
  • Spectroscopy
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

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  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Spectroscopy.