(Determination of Nitrogen In Shale Oil and Petroleum)Basic Nitrogen

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mostly methane, and the relatively small number of components makes the calculations rather simple. Traces of air occasionally enter the inlet system of the spectrometer during transfer of the sample. The analysis is reported on an air-free basis, calculated from the oxygen content of the nitrometer gas.

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Dumas Microanalyses of Shale Oil and Fractions Nitrogen, % Nitric Uncorrected Corrected Oxide, % ’ 2.0 1.86 0.8 0.9 1,9