Internal Analytical Techniques and Instruments

Asphaltene Fractionation and Isolation from Crude Oil

Critical Electric Field: Apparatus and Measurement

FTIR Spectroscopy: Apparatus and Measurement

Polarized Light Optical Microscopy:
Olympus BH-2 Polarizing Microscope
Measurement of wax melting region

Potentiometric Titration Apparatus

Saturates, Aromatics, Resins and Asphaltenes (SARA) Fractionation

Sequential Elution Chromatography

Soxhlet Extraction of Petroleum Residue
How a Soxhlet Works

Sorvell Centrifuge

UV-Vis Spectroscopy

External Analytical Techniques and Instruments

Combustion Elemental Analysis
(University of Alberta)

Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Metals Analysis
(Ondeo Nalco Energy Services)

Near-Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS)
(Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Small Angle Neutron Diffractometer (SAND)
(Argonne National Laboratory)

NG7 (30m) Small Angle Neutron Scattering
(NIST)