<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barrow, Mark P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Witt, Mathias</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Headley, John V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peru, Kerry M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Athabasca oil sands process water: Characterization by atmospheric pressure photoionization and electrospray ionization fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">analytical methodology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">federal government</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tailings water</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Analytical Chemistry </style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">82</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8 pages  </style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Athabasca oil sands in Canada are a less conventional source of oil which have seen rapid development. There are concerns about the environmental impact, with particular respect to components in oil sands process water which may enter the aquatic ecosystem. Naphthenic acids have been previously targeted for study, due to their implications in toxicity toward aquatic wildlife, but it is believed that other components, too, contribute toward the potential toxicity of the oil sands process water. When mass spectrometry is used, it is necessary to use instrumentation with a high resolving power and mass accuracy when studying complex mixtures, but the technique has previously been hindered by the range of compounds that have been accessible via common ionization techniques, such as electrospray ionization. The research described here applied Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry in conjunction with electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure photoionization, in both positive-ion and negative-ion modes, to the characterization of oil sands process water for the first time. The results highlight the need for broader characterization when investigating toxic components within oil sands process water.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></issue><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR)</style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/610475100</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OSEMB</style></custom4></record></records></xml>