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Characterization and matching of oil samples using fluorescence spectroscopy and parallel factor analysis.

A novel approach for matching oil samples by fluorescence spectroscopy combined with three-way decomposition of spectra is presented. It offers an objective fingerprinting based on the relative composition of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in oils. The method is complementary to GC-FID for initial screening of oil samples but can also be used for prescreening in the field, onboard ships, using a portable fluorescence spectrometer. Parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) was applied to fluorescence excitation-emission matrixes (EEMs) of heavy fuel oils (HFOs), light fuel oils, lubricating oils, crude oils, unknown oils, and a sample collected in the spill area two weeks after the Baltic Carrier oil spill (Denmark, 2001). A total of 112 EEMs were decomposed into a five-factor PARAFAC model using excitation wavelengths from 245 to 400 nm and emission wavelengths from 280 to 550 nm. The PARAFAC factors were compared to EEMs of PAC standards with two to five rings, and the comparisons indicate that each of the factors can be related to a mixture of PACs with similar fluorescence characteristics: a mixture of naphthalenes and dibenzothiophenes, fluorenes, phenanthrenes, chrysenes, and five-ring PACs, respectively. Oils were grouped in score plots according to oil type. Except for HFOs and crude oils, the method easily discriminated between the four oil types. Minor overlaps of HFOs and crude oils were observed along all five PARAFAC factors, and the variability of crude oils was large along factor 2 due to a varying content of five-ring PACs. The spill sample was correctly assigned as a HFO with similar PAC pattern as oil from the cargo tank of the Baltic Carrier by comparing the correlation coefficient of scores for the oil spill sample and possible source oils (i.e., oils in the database).[1]

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  1. Characterization and matching of oil samples using fluorescence spectroscopy and parallel factor analysis. Christensen, J.H., Hansen, A.B., Mortensen, J., Andersen, O. Anal. Chem. (2005) [Pubmed]
 
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