Diamonds in the rough: Identification of individual naphthenic acids in oil sands process water

Expansion of the oil sands industry of Canada has seen a concomitant increase in the amount of process water produced and stored in large lagoons known as tailings ponds. Concerns have been raised, particularly about the toxic complex mixtures of water-soluble naphthenic acids (NA) in the process wa...

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Main Authors: Rowland, S., Scarlett, Alan, Jones, D., West, C., Frank, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43235