Beginning around 2003, the diagrams are often used to visualize data from mass spectrometry analysis, used for mixtures other than kerogen and petroleum.[1] For example, the diagrams have been used in one analysis of the components in Scotch whiskey.[2]
Types of kerogen
Different types of kerogen have differing potentials to produce oil during maturation. These various types of kerogen can be distinguished on a van Krevelen diagram.[3]
^Kew, William; Blackburn, John W.T.; Clarke, David J.; Uhrín, Dušan (2017-04-15). "Interactive van Krevelen diagrams – Advanced visualisation of mass spectrometry data of complex mixtures". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 31 (7): 658–662. Bibcode:2017RCMS...31..658K. doi:10.1002/rcm.7823. ISSN 0951-4198. PMC 5324645. PMID 28063248.
^Kew, Will; Goodall, Ian; Clarke, David; Uhrín, Dušan (2017-01-01). "Chemical Diversity and Complexity of Scotch Whisky as Revealed by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry" (PDF). Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 28 (1): 200–213. Bibcode:2017JASMS..28..200K. doi:10.1007/s13361-016-1513-y. ISSN 1879-1123. PMC 5174148. PMID 27752914.
^"Source Rock and Kerogen". University Gadjah Mada. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
van Krevelen, D.W. (1950). "Graphical-statistical method for the study of structure and reaction processes of coal", Fuel, 29, 269–84.
van Krevelen, D.W. and Schuyer, J. (1957) Coal science. Elsevier publishing company.