Species Identification and Effects of Aromatic Hydrocarbons on the Fluorescence Spectra of Different Oil Samples in Seawater

Table 2

Relative content of eight AH categories in Kuwait crude, Iranian crude, 380# fuel, 180# fuel, 0# diesel, and −10# diesel oil samples.

AHs^a	Categories	Kuwait crude (%)	Iranian crude (%)	180# fuel (%)	380# fuel (%)	0# diesel (%)	−10# diesel (%)
N	Naphthalene series	60.88	60.90	65.93	33.15	27.95	28.7
MN
DMN
TMN
B	Biphenyl series	2.78	4.91	3.94	14.31	18.73	22.46
MB
DMB
TMB
A	Acenaphthene series	1.18	0.80	0.33	1.33	3.56	2.84
F	Fluorene series	4.16	5.51	2.94	5.70	23.83	22.25
MF
DBT	DBT series	19.21	10.80	9.13	16.85	17.55	13.53
MDBT
DMDBT
P	Phenanthrene series	10.44	15.75	15.36	27.46	8.38	10.22
MP
DMP
TMP
PY	Pyrene series	0.77	0.75	2.37	1.20	0	0
MPY
C	Chrysene series	0.58	0.58	0	0	0	0

^aNaphthalene (N); methylnaphthalene (MN); dimethylnaphthalene (DMN); trimethylnaphthalene (TMN); biphenyl (B); methylbiphenyl (MB); dimethylbiphenyl (DMB); acenaphthene (A); fluorene (F); methylfluorene (MF); dibenzothiophene (DBT); methyldibenzothiophene (MDBT); dimethyldibenzothiophene (DMDBT); phenanthrene (P); methylphenanthrene (MP); dimethylphenanthrene (DMP); trimethylphenanthrene (TMP); pyrene (PY); methylpyrene (MPY); and chrysene (C).