Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3047-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3047-2018
Research article
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29 May 2018
Research article |  | 29 May 2018

Mapping and quantifying isomer sets of hydrocarbons ( ≥  C12) in diesel exhaust, lubricating oil and diesel fuel samples using GC  ×  GC-ToF-MS

Mohammed S. Alam, Soheil Zeraati-Rezaei, Zhirong Liang, Christopher Stark, Hongming Xu, A. Rob MacKenzie, and Roy M. Harrison

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Diesel fuel, lubricating oil and diesel exhaust emissions all contain a very complex mixture of chemical compounds with diverse molecular structures. The GC × GC-ToF-MS analytical method is a very powerful way of separating and identifying those compounds. This paper describes the allocation of compounds into groups with similar molecular structures and chemical properties, which facilitates the intercomparison of very complex mixtures such as are found in diesel fuel, oil and emissions.