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Experiments were performed in which meteoritic iron, iron ore and nickel-iron alloy were used to catalyze (in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis) the reaction of deuterium and carbon monoxide in a closed vessel. Normal alkanes and alkenes and their monomethyl substituted isomers and aromatic hydrocarbons were synthesized. Iron oxide and oxidized-reduced Canyon Diablo used as Fischer-Tropsch catalysts were found to produce aromatic hydrocarbons in distributions having many of the features of those observed in carbonaceous chondrites, but only at temperatures and reaction times well above 300 C and 6-8 h.

The modification of an automatic preparative collection system for gas-liquid chromatography is described that is designed to make the system operational for milligram-scale high-efficiency separations of selected components in a geological sample. The sample in question is an organic extract from the Green River Formation Oil Shale, and the compounds selected are the sterane and triterpane hydrocarbons.

Gas-liquid chromatographic milligram preparative separation of steranes and triterpanes from hydrocarbon fraction of Green River oil shale

Iron meteorites graphite-troilite nodules isomeric alkane composition, using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry

Abiotic synthesis of meteoritic aliphatic hydrocarbons produced by open flow Fischer- Tropsch processes for hydrogen and Co interactions

Carbonaceous chondrites isomeric alkanes identification by mass spectrometry and gas chromatography

Chromatographic analysis of organic matter in Pueblito de Allende meteorite

Pueblo de Allemande chondrite unexctractable carbon content using meteorite pyrolysis, obtaining aromatic hydrocarbons

Aromatic and nonaromatic hydrocarbon fractions in terrestrial graphite, discussing classification and analysis by chromatography and mass spectrometry

Olefins of high molecular weight in microscopic algae, discussing hydrocarbon composition investigation by gas chromatography mass spectrometry

Hydrocarbon nature and distribution in carbonaceous chondrites and graphite troilite nodules of iron meteorites

Fatty acids and aliphatic hydrocarbons in Sarcina lutea identified with gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer, noting composition and nature

Aliphatic hydrocarbons and fatty acids of marine and freshwater microorganisms compared using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry

Chemical ionization mass spectrometry of pristane