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Isotopically labeled n-hexadecane doped at the percent level in three crude oils is used to determine the intrinsic decomposition kinetics and mechanism of n-alkanes in petroleum. Adjacent 13 C labels at the end of the hexadecane and dodecene give a mass fragment sufficiently unique that its disappearance and many of its products can be followed by ordinary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry...