Studying the Complexity of Biomass Derived Biofuels
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Preparation
2.2. Instruments and Methods
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Ionization Effects
3.2. Total Unique Compositions with Complementary Ionization Techniques
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Median/Mean | APPI(+) | APCI(+) | ESI(+) | ESI(−) |
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All assigned compositions | 0.21/0.24 | 0.20/0.23 | 0.26/0.29 | 0.37/0.40 |
Ox | 0.19/0.22 | 0.19/0.22 | 0.29/0.33 ([M+Na]+) 0.23/0.28 ([M+H]+) 0.29/0.33 (total) | 0.35/0.39 |
NOx | 0.26/0.30 | 0.24/0.27 | 0.25/0.26 | 0.43/0.45 |
N2Ox | 0.24/0.26 | 0.23/0.25 | 0.24/0.27 | 0.33/0.42 |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleXu, Yun, and Wolfgang Schrader. 2021. "Studying the Complexity of Biomass Derived Biofuels" Energies 14, no. 8: 2032. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082032