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Chemistry	
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  of	
  Agrologists	
  -­‐	
  Grande	
  Prairie	
  Local	
  Chapter	
Making	
  environmental	
  data	
  meaningful	
  
Arsonous	
  Wildfire	
  and	
  Petroleum	
  
Forensics	
  Case	
  Studies	
  -­‐	
  Principles	
  and	
  
Case	
  Studies.	
  
Court	
  Sandau,	
  PhD,	
  PChem	
  
Nov.	
  17,	
  2015	
  –	
  Grande	
  Prairie,	
  Alberta	
  
©	
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Chemistry	
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Compounds	
  in	
  Petroleum	
  Hydrocarbon	
  
Mixtures	
  
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How many compounds are in….
•  The	
   atmospheric	
   aerosol	
   from	
   a	
   coniferous	
  
forest?	
  
	
  
•  The	
  vola-le	
  frac-on	
  of	
  roasted	
  coffee	
  beans?	
  
•  CigareCe	
  smoke?	
  
	
  
•  Crude	
  oil?	
  
	
  
•  50	
  compounds	
  (Kallio,	
  2006)	
  
	
  
•  1,000	
  compounds	
  (Mondello,	
  2004)	
  
	
  
•  6,000	
  compounds	
  (van	
  Mispelaar,	
  2005)	
  
	
  
•  7,500-­‐10,000	
  compounds	
  (Dalluge,	
  2002)	
  
•  17,000+	
  
	
  
Complexity of PHCs
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(Compounds with guidelines)
•  Benzene,	
  toluene,	
  ethyl-­‐benzene,	
  xylenes	
  
•  Petroleum	
   hydrocarbon	
   frac-ons	
   F1,	
   F2,	
   F3,	
  
and	
  F4	
  
•  Polycyclic	
  aroma-c	
  hydrocarbons	
  (PAHs)	
  
	
  
4Alberta	
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Complexity?
Conventional GC Analysis
Unresolved Complex
Matter
Nelson et al. Environmental Forensics, 7:33–44, 2006
5Alberta	
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PAHs
Biomarkers
The rest
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Specific Petroleum Biomarkers
•  Adamantanes
•  Sesquiterpanes
•  Diamantanes
•  Steranes
•  Hopanes
Gasoline/Heavy Naphtha
Kerosene/Jet A /Diesel 1
Diesel 2 / Fuel 2
Bunker C
Lube Oil
Alberta Institute of Agrologists - Grande Prairie Local Chapter 6
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Two-Dimensional
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Nelson et al. Environmental Forensics, 7:33–44, 2006
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Middle East Crude Oil Investigation
Alkyl	
  Phenanthrenes/Anthracenes
Alkyl	
  Naphthalenes
Alkyl	
  Benzenes
Alkanes
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Shell
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