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Analysis Of Petroleum Products For Forensic And Environmental Applications, Sarah Ghali, Sarah Porter
Analysis Of Petroleum Products For Forensic And Environmental Applications, Sarah Ghali, Sarah Porter
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In both forensic and environmental applications, it is often important to identify ignitable liquid (IL) residues, to find a suspect or to clean up an oil spill. The ASTM method is commonly used; the extraction methods vary, but the data collection is the same. The instrument used in the ASTM method is gas chromatography mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), which allows a visual identification of the IL contaminating the sample. In this study, the use of Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR) was used in conjunction with chemometric analysis. Samples were prepared were to simulate an oil spill in natural waters. Two chemometric …