Plastic recycling and upcycling are required to combat the environmental crisis from
landfilling consumer products. Chemocatalytic technologies are the most promising …

The state of the art in the characterization of heavy crude oil mixtures is presented. This
characterization can be done by different techniques, such as gas chromatography (GC) …

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This handbook remains the foremost resource for designing hydraulic systems and selecting
hydraulic fluids used in engineering applications. Featuring new illustrations, data tables …

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) SPECTROSCOPY HASbeen applied to
petroleum chemistry since the first days of its commercial existence. Petroleum companies …

Advances in processing methods are not only improving the quality and yield of lubricant
base stocks, they are also reducing the dependence on more expensive crude oil starting …

Direct infusion atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (APCI-MS) was
compared to field ionization mass spectrometry (FI-MS) for the determination of hydrocarbon …

The viscosity index (VI) is a useful tool for lubricant users and refiners, since it is a measure
of the effect of temperature changes on the viscosity of the oil. However, it was found that the …

In China, coal-to-liquid (CTL) lube base oils with ultrahigh viscosity index (VI) are very
popular. Since it consists of chain alkanes only and can be precisely characterized by …

Abstract The Ni-H 3 PW 12 O 40/nano-hydroxyapatite catalyst with H 3 PW 12 O 40 (HPW)
loading was prepared by impregnation method and performed through hydrocracking of …