Combined Cluster and Discriminant Analysis an efficient Chemometric Approach in Diesel Fuel Characterization

Middle distillate fuel oils such as diesel fuel are frequently spilled in the environment. Those cases when the source of the spills is questionable or totally unknown are providing serious challenges in environmental forensic investigations. In order to determine the liability associated with the cleanup and remediation chemical fingerprinting methods are applied. In the case of source correlation studies of unknown fuel contaminations the evaluation of similarities or dissimilarities among samples or among a sample and a possible source is the problem to be solved.
Source: Forensic Science International - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research