“…Since 1940, many methods based on pyrolysis of oxygenated compounds to carbon oxides have been developed using different detection modes (i.e., thermal conductivity, coulometry, infrared spectrometry, etc. ). − Neutron activation analysis is another technique that enables oxygen content determination based on the irradiation of a sample with neutrons having sufficient energy to initiate the 13 O (n,p) 16 N reaction and measurement of 7.4 s 16 N activity. This technique has been largely applied in the literature for coal analysis but rarely for liquid matrices, even if it is possible. , However, this approach suffers from several drawbacks (i.e., possible interferences, poor measurement reproducibility, and complex apparatus) that limit its attractiveness for a routine analysis method.…”