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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Afton Chemical Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Anthony Calderone, III, Powhatan, VA (US);
Assignee:
Afton Chemical Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/022 (2013.01); G01N 1/38 (2013.01); G01N 1/4022 (2013.01); G01N 33/28 (2013.01); G01N 2001/387 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4027 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application describes a method to reduce noise and improve data quality when analyzing hydrocarbon compositions with a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM). In some approaches, the methods described in this disclosure remove at least a portion of volatile components from the hydrocarbon composition to be tested with the QCM.