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Analysis of the polycyclic aromatic compounds of diesel fuel by gas chromatography with ion‐trap detection
Author(s) -
Williams Paul T.,
Andrews Gordon E.,
Bartle Keith D.,
Bishop Paul,
Watkins Peter
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
biomedical and environmental mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0887-6134
DOI - 10.1002/bms.1200150909
Subject(s) - phenanthrenes , chemistry , gas chromatography , chromatography , flame ionization detector , diesel fuel , mass spectrometry , polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon , hydrocarbon , alkyl , ion trap , mass spectrum , fraction (chemistry) , electron ionization , analytical chemistry (journal) , phenanthrene , environmental chemistry , ion , ionization , organic chemistry
Capillary column gas chromatography combined with ion‐trap detector mass spectrometry was used in the identification of 85 constituents of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon fraction of diesel fuel. The main constituents are an extensive range of alkylnaphthalenes; alkylated tetrahydronaphthalenes, benzothiophens, dibenzothiophens biphenyls, fluorenes and phenanthrenes were also identified. Chromatographic retention indices for these compounds were determined to calibrate retention data for routine analysis with flame‐ionization detection, and to identify positions of alkyl substitution.