Investigation of the sulfur speciation in petroleum products by capillary gas chromatography with ICP-collision cell-MS detection

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Recent regulations concerning the low-sulfur gasoline require analytical methods able to provide specific information on sulfur containing compounds present in petroleum products at the ng g -1 range. The on-line coupling of capillary GC with ICP-collision cell-MS was proposed for the speciation of sulfur in hydrocarbon matrices. The technique showed an absolute detection limit 0.5 pg for a 1 μL sample injected in the splitless mode which is about two orders of magnitude lower than the currently used techniques.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
Volume19
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)700-702
Number of pages3
ISSN0267-9477
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Publication statusPublished - 2004

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