Investigation of heavy petroleum-derived material with thermogravimetry coupled to high resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry enables the attribution of sum for-mulae on the basis of the measured m/z ratio to single compounds in a complex mixture due to its high mass accuracy and mass resolution. The aim of this PhD thesis was the characterisation of high complex, petroleum-derived materials by combining high-resolution mass spectrometry and ther-mal analysis.