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The Raman spectrograms of hydrocarbon standard samples show that: (1) the Raman spectrogram of normal paraffin has very strong peaks of methyl and methylene (from 2700 cm−1 to 2970 cm−1); (2) branch methyl has the particular peak of 748 cm−1±; (3) six cyclic has the particular peak of 804 cm−1±; (4) phenyl has two particular peaks of 988 cm−1± and 3058 cm−1± and the 988 cm−1± peak is stronger than the 3058 cm−1± peak; and (5) hexene has three alkenyl spectrum peaks of 1294 cm−1±, 1635 cm−1± and 2996 cm−1±, with the 1635 cm−1± peak being the strongest, showing that the number of carbon in hydrocarbon does not affect its Raman spectrogram, and the hydrocarbon molecular structure and base groups affect its Raman spectrogram, the same hydrocarbons (such as normal paraffin) have the same Raman spectrogram; the types (such as CH4, C2H6, C3H8) and the content of hydrocarbon in oil inclusions are not estimated by their characteristic Raman peaks. According to the Raman spectrograms of hydrocarbon compositions, the Raman spectrogram of hydrocarbon inclusion can be divided into five types: saturated hydrocarbon Raman spectrogram, fluoresce Raman spectrogram, saturated hydrocarbon bitumen Raman spectrogram, bitumen Raman spectrogram, and ethane Raman spectrogram. And according to the characteristics of Raman spectrogram, hydrocarbon inclusions can be divided into five types: saturated hydrocarbon inclusion, less saturated hydrocarbon (oil or gas) inclusion, saturated hydrocarbon bitumen inclusion, bitumen inclusion, and methane water inclusion.
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Zhang, N., Tian, Z., Leng, Y. et al. Raman characteristics of hydrocarbon and hydrocarbon inclusions. SCI CHINA SER D 50, 1171–1178 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-007-0078-9
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