ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE COMPOSITION OF PETROLEUM ETHER FRACTIONS By: Mohammad Ali Salik AIM: The aim of this case study is to choose a suitable instrumental analytical method to investigate the composition of the different petroleum ether fractions. When choosing the analytical technique, a lot of factors need to be looked at such as cost, sensitivity (level of detection), resolution and availability of instrumentation. INTRODUCTION: Petroleum ethers are laboratory solvents which basically contain a mixture of alkanes – both branched and […]
