ISSN: 1546-962X
CODEN: JAIOAD
Published Online: 5 May 2011
Page Count: 10

Determination of Mercury in Crude Oil by Atomic Spectroscopy

Kishore Nadkarni, R. A.
Millennium Analytics, Inc., East Brunswick, NJ

Hwang, J. David
Chevron Energy Technology Company, Richmond, CA

(Received 9 November 2010; accepted 6 April 2011)

Abstract

Two atomic spectroscopy test methods widely used in the industry for the determination of trace amounts of mercury in crude oils are described and the precision of these methods is compared. Other techniques that are used for such analysis are also reviewed with examples.

Keywords:
atomic spectroscopy, crude oil, gold amalgamation, mercury

Paper ID: JAI103559
DOI: 10.1520/JAI103559
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