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An immersion mass spectrometer with a membrane interface was used for oil detection and oil concentration measurements in seawater by measuring in situ the concentrations of three hydrocarbons: benzene, toluene, and xylene in the region of the specialized Primorsk oil loading seaport in the Gulf of Finland. The recorded mass spectra demonstrated the possibility of measuring the oil concentration in seawater and determining the grade of oil products. The use of a mass spectrometer with a membrane separator interface allows measurements of hydrocarbon concentration with high accuracy, which is currently not provided in commercially available monitors.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Gorbatskii, V.A. Elokhin, V.I. Nikolaev, T.D. Ershov, A.Yu. Elizarov, 2016, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2016, Vol. 42, No. 15, pp. 72–77.
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Gorbatskii, V.V., Elokhin, V.A., Nikolaev, V.I. et al. A mass spectrometer with a membrane interface for oil concentration monitoring in seawater. Tech. Phys. Lett. 42, 806–809 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785016080083
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785016080083