Compounds

Chemical Formula

Molar mass

Qusier Shale Oil Sample

Colorado Shale Oil Sample

gm/mole

Wt.%

Mol.%

Wt.%

Mol.%

Ethane

C₂H₆

30.07

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

Propane

C₃H₈

44.10

0.001

0.004

0.001

0.004

i-Butane

i-C₄H₁₀

58.12

0.004

0.014

0.003

0.010

n-Butane

n-C₄H₁₀

58.12

0.010

0.034

0.008

0.028

i-pentane

i-C₅H₁₂

72.15

0.012

0.034

0.010

0.028

n-pentane

n-C₅H₁₂

72.15

0.108

0.296

0.088

0.248

Hexanes

C₆H₁₄

86.18

0.949

2.173

0.754

1.775

Heptane

C₇H₁₆

100.20

1.688

3.326

1.339

2.710

Octane

C₈H₁₈

114.23

3.040

5.252

2.406

4.273

Nonane

C₉H₂₀

128.26

4.252

6.542

3.358

5.311

Decane

C₁₀H₂₂

142.28

5.130

7.115

4.046

5.770

Undecane

C₁₁H₂₄

156.31

6.246

8.386

5.908

8.154

Dodecane

C₁₂H₂₆

170.33

8.719

10.685

9.679

12.197

Tridecane

C₁₃H₂₈

184.36

9.456

10.663

9.130

10.586

Tetradecane

C₁₄H₃₀

198.39

8.157

8.473

8.582

9.164

Pentadecane

C₁₅H₃₂

212.41

7.271

6.967

7.641

7.525

Hexadecane

C₁₆H₃₄

226.44

4.366

3.882

4.584

4.189

Heptadecane

C₁₇H₃₆

240.47

5.673

4.725

5.954

5.096

Octadecane

C₁₈H₃₈

254.50

4.897

3.850

5.138

4.153

Nonadecane

C₁₉H₄₀

268.53

3.129

2.349

3.282

2.532

Icosane

C₂₀H₄₂

282.55

3.014

2.163

3.161

2.331

Henicosane

C₂₁H₄₄

296.58

2.779

1.885

2.912

2.031

Docosane

C₂₂H₄₆

310.61

2.510

1.624

2.631

1.751

Tricosane

C₂₃H₄₈

324.63

1.918

1.190

2.009

1.282

Tetracosane

C₂₄H₅₀

338.66

1.559

0.93

1.632

1.000

Pentacosane

C₂₅H₅₂

352.69

1.314

0.752

1.375

0.809

Hexacosane

C₂₆H₅₄

366.71

1.44

0.791

1.507

0.852

Heptacosane

C₂₇H₅₆

380.74

1.610

0.849

1.684

0.913

Octacosane

C₂₈H₅₈

394.77

1.692

0.860

1.771

0.925

Nonacosane

C₂₉H₆₀

408.80

1.902

0.934

1.990

1.004

Triacontane

C₃₀H₆₂

422.82

1.436

0.681

1.501

0.732

Hentriacontane

C₃₁H₆₄

436.85

1.309

0.600

1.369

0.645

Dotriacontane

C₃₂H₆₆

450.88

1.213

0.539

1.269

0.580

Tritriacontane

C₃₃H₆₈

464.90

1.086

0.468

1.135

0.503

Tetratriacontane

C₃₄H₇₀

478.93

0.943

0.395

0.985

0.424

Pentatriacontane

C₃₅H₇₂

492.96

0.411

0.168

0.430

0.179

Hexatriacontane

C₃₆H₇₄

506.98

0.270

0.107

0.280

0.114

Heptatriacontane

C₃₇H₇₆

520.99

0.147

0.057

0.153

0.061

Octatriacontane

C₃₈H₇₈

535.03

0.157

0.059

0.164

0.063

Nonatriacontane

C₃₉H₈₀

549.05

0.070

0.026

0.074

0.028

Tetracontane plus

C₄₀H₈₂

563.08

0.005

0.018

0.057

0.020

Total

100.000

100.000

100.000

100.000

Mean Molecular Weight

197.359

202.877