title: Can crude oils be distinguished by different component distribution obtained by laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry and evaluated by chemometrics?
abstract: Fourteen different crude oil samples were analyzed as collected by mass spectrometry. For two of them the results obtained by means of different techniques, i.e. electrospray ionization, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization, laser desorption/ionization, were compared. The latter technique leads to the best results: even if unable to give specific information on heteroatom-containing components, it allows a general view to be obtained of the panorama of the oil composition in terms of molecular weight distribution. The statistical evaluation of the mass spectrometry data by multivariate techniques, such as cluster analysis (Average Linkage) and correspondence analysis, allows evidence for the differences and similarities among the crude oils under study.
authors.affiliation: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ISTM, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smaniotto
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Montanari
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Flego
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rizzi
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ragazzi
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seraglia
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Traldi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010578:Petroleum / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010578:Petroleum