JHZR2
Staff member
Originally Posted By: buster
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XOM has the facilities, talent, and resources to know exactly how their product performs at all times.
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It employs an array of analytical techniques including liquid chromatography (LC), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), gas chromatography (GC), GC/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS), LC/MS, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), FTIR/microscopy, GC/FTIR/MS, X-ray diffraction, DC-arc emission spectroscopy (solids), fluorescence spectroscopy, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM/EDS). In addition, the lab has the capability to run many standard ASTM bench tests designed to measure properties and performance of petroleum products, but the advanced analytical capabilities are what really set Paulsboro MTS apart.
None of those stated analtical techniques are anything special. Sure, they sound complex to the non-technical person, but every university, corporate research center and many production facilities worth their salt have some if not all of those techniques available. Then there are contract labs that will do the work too...
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XOM has the facilities, talent, and resources to know exactly how their product performs at all times.
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It employs an array of analytical techniques including liquid chromatography (LC), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), gas chromatography (GC), GC/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS), LC/MS, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), FTIR/microscopy, GC/FTIR/MS, X-ray diffraction, DC-arc emission spectroscopy (solids), fluorescence spectroscopy, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM/EDS). In addition, the lab has the capability to run many standard ASTM bench tests designed to measure properties and performance of petroleum products, but the advanced analytical capabilities are what really set Paulsboro MTS apart.
None of those stated analtical techniques are anything special. Sure, they sound complex to the non-technical person, but every university, corporate research center and many production facilities worth their salt have some if not all of those techniques available. Then there are contract labs that will do the work too...