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THE use of Linde molecular sieve 5A in conjunction with gas chromatography1–3 offers considerable promise as a means of determining n-paraffins in hydrocarbon mixtures. Recently, Brenner and Coates4 reported the application of this technique to the identification of n-paraffins in the C3 to C11 (gasoline) range. We have successfully used it in a higher molecular weight range, namely, for the determination of the n-paraffin content and distribution in kerosines and gas oils. Since this may also be of general interest our method will be outlined here.
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WHITHAM, B. Use of Molecular Sieves in Gas Chromatography for the Determination of the Normal Paraffins in Petroleum Fractions. Nature 182, 391–392 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182391b0
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