Bio-ETBE determination in a mixture of gasoline using low level liquid scintillation counting

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There is a growing interest in Korean government to add bio-ethyl tert-butyl ether (bio-ETBE) in sub-octane gasoline to reduce dependence on fossil fuel based transportation gasoline. The development of bio-ETBE analysis method is an urgent issue to protect illegal circulation of synthetic ETBE because synthetic ETBE and bio-ETBE are chemically indistinguishable even by using chromatography and conventional spectroscopy. This paper communicates the results of bio-ETBE determination from gasoline cocktail using low level liquid scintillation counting (LSC). The counts per minute (CPM) value increased linearly with the concentration of bio-ETBE, showing the correlation coefficient of 0.984. (C) 2017 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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