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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 73, Issue 6, Pages 1361-1365Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac001157c
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This study establishes the rationale necessary for determining the time to change engine oil. This is based on identifying gaseous components in new and used automobile lubricants, Key compounds, so-called signature, are separated and identified qualitatively by coupled gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, Volatile antioxidants at zero miles and fuel contaminants at low mileage are observed in the headspace of engine oil. Several oxidative degradation components have been positively identified in the used oil, which include the following: acetaldehyde, acetone, butanal, 2-propanol, acetic acid, 2-hexanol, benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, and 1-pentanol, This study strongly suggests that the status of lubricating oil can be determined by the analysis of the gas phase above the oil. Most importantly, it opens the possibility of performing conditional maintenance of the combustion engine based on information obtained from gas sensors.
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