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Petrochemicals

LECO’s advanced analytical instruments empower petrochemical manufacturers and refineries to optimize processes and ensure product quality with precision and reliability. Their state-of-the-art solutions provide unrivaled hydrocarbon analysis using high-resolution gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, rapid and accurate sulfur determination for regulatory compliance, and comprehensive elemental analysis of feedstocks and products. With robust designs built for harsh environments, fast and reliable results for enhanced process control, intuitive software and automation to streamline workflows, and dedicated expert support, LECO offers a versatile instrument portfolio and trusted partnership to support every stage of petrochemical production and quality assurance.

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Analysis of Light Crude Oil Using Gas Chromatography—High Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

This application note demonstrates the use of LECO's Pegasus® GC-HRT high-resolution mass spectrometer for analyzing light crude oil samples, including Arabian, Nigerian, Basra, and South Louisiana Light crude oils. The study focuses on identifyin...
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Analyzing Light Crude Oil and High Boilers with GCxGC

Thomas Groger [University of Rostock] discusses the benefits that GCxGC provided their laboratory with the study of crude oils, bitumen, and various high boilers (solvents added to slow evaporation rates). This webinar focused on the application o...
411-956-009

Battling Fuel Fraud to Achieve ASTM D5769

Christina Kelly [LECO] explores how gas chromatography techniques can be utilized to identify fuel fraud - tax evasive behaviors utilizing gasoline-based fuels - and how LECO instruments perform against ASTM D5769 (standard test method for determi...
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Biodiesel

2012-fuel-gas-oil-cuts

Comprehensive Chemical Composition of Gas Oil Cuts Using Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography with Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Electrospray Ionization Coupled to Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

JH-ISCC13-LPSS-106

Fingerprinting Light Crude Oils Structural Classifications GCxGC-TOFMS

CK-IMSC16-LPSS-195

Fuel Washing BT-GC-TOFMS

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Fuel Washing Diesel Pegasus BT

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Gasoline Aromatic Compound ASTM D5769 Pegasus BT

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Gross Heat in Fuel Oils and Biomass with AC600

The LECO AC600 calorimeter accurately measures the gross calorific value of fuel oils—including diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, and gasoline—as well as biomass materials. Gross calorific value is a key metric for calculating total energy content, ther...
CK-PCON17-LPSS-210

High-Temperature Petroleum Analysis using GCxGC TOF MS

Thermal modulation of petroleum samples in GCxGC TOFMS analyses are explored.
CK-PCON14-LPSS-130

HRTOFMS Method Optimization for Petroleum Characterization

Method creation for time-of-flight mass spectrometry petroleum analysis is explored.
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Jet Fuel Analysis by HRTOFMS: EI, CI, and Accurate Mass

This application note demonstrates the use of high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HR-TOFMS) to analyze jet fuel, employing both electron impact ionization (EI) and chemical ionization (CI) techniques. The study highlights how combini...
2010-anme-petroleum-esters

Methodology for the Derivatization and Quantification of Dialkyl Phosphate Esters in Petroleum Samples

CF-RIVA12-LPSS-093

Motor Oil Fingerprint GCxGC-TOFMS

CK-PCON18-LPSS-237

Optimizing Petroleum Analysis with Simply GCxGC

Free software tool, Simply GCxGC, is utilized to create petroleum analysis parameters.
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Petroleomics by Ultrahigh-Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

This 2012 study by Klitzke et al. evaluates the application of high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF-MS) for comprehensive petroleomic analysis, focusing on polar components in crude oils and distillates. The research compares the ...
BY-ASMS16-LPSS-192

Petroleomics GCxGC-HRT-TOFMS

CK-ASMS17-LPSS-225

Petroleomics HRT-GC-TOFMS

CK-ASMS16-LPSS-186

Petroleum Product Analysis using GCxGC-TOFMS and FID, with added CFT

GCxGC-TOFMS can provide unsurpassed characterization capabilities that help unravel the complexity of difficult petroleum matrices. In this study, a controlled flow splitter (CFT) was added.