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Determination of aromatic composition of fuels by laser Raman spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Clarke R. H.,
Chung W. M.,
Wang Q.,
DeJesus S.,
Sezerman U.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.1250220206
Subject(s) - raman spectroscopy , aromatic hydrocarbon , chemistry , raman scattering , polarizability , analytical chemistry (journal) , hydrocarbon , aromaticity , laser , spectroscopy , environmental chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , optics , physics , quantum mechanics
The application of Raman spectroscopy to the determination of the aromatic content of gasolines and aviation fuels is reported. Since aromatic components have very high Raman cross‐sections owing to large polarizability changes under laser excitation, bands from these components will dominate specific Raman spectral regions. It is expected, therefore, that Raman scattering will be a particularly useful approach to broadly characterizing the fuel hydrocarbon makeup for aromatic content and the properties of fuels which are influenced by aromatic content.