Publications by authors named "Derong Chai"
ScientificWorldJournal
May 2015
Article Synopsis
- A new method using two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC/TOFMS) has been created to analyze complex mixtures in biodegraded oils from the Nanxiang Basin in China, revealing how different types of oil degrade.
- The study found that as oil degradation progresses from B330 to G574, there's a gradual loss of diverse compounds, leading to similar relative contents and minor polarity differences among remaining ones, causing them to coelute and form unresolved complex mixtures (UCMs).
- UCMs consist mainly of cyclic alkanes, classified into six groups, with the first two classes originating from degradation-resistant hydrocarbons, while the latter classes appear to form from microbial transformations during oil degradation.
