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Generally, carbon and hydrogen make up 90% of the elements in petroleum. The other elements are nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and very minor amounts of metals. These metals are usually called trace metals, and include valadium, nickel and iron.

Please remember that oil is a very complex mixture of hydrocarbon compounds, so to fully description of an oil sample, these compounds need to be identified.

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