An evaluation of Rock-Eval pyrolysis for the study of Australian coals including their kerogen and humic acid fractions

Details An evaluation of Rock-Eval pyrolysis for the study of Australian coals including their kerogen and humic acid fractions An evaluation of Rock-Eval pyrolysis for the study of Australian coals including their kerogen and humic acid fractions

Jan 1984

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 48, Issue 1, pp.63-70

Physics

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Rock-Eval pyrolysis was performed on lithotype and depth profiles of Tertiary brown coals and a coalification profile of Permian bituminous coals. The humic acid and kerogen fractions from the coals are also investigated by this technique along with the effect of base extraction on the kerogen fraction. Structural variations between brown coal lithotypes are primarily reflected by changes in Oxygen Index Value. This result was supported by the results from the depth profile (same lithotype). A wide range of Hydrogen Indices (independent of depth) but similar Oxygen Indices were observed. The results from the Qualification profile show that the Oxygen Indices varied with rank, whereas Hydrogen Indices show a greater dependence on coal type. A plot of H/C versus Hydrogen Index produced good correlations with the brown (0.77) and bituminous (0.90) samples lying on two separate lines intersecting at high H/C. This result (and higher correlation for bituminous samples) reflects the expected dependence of hydrogen index on oxygen content (present primarily as hydroxyl groups). A high correlation (0.95) between quantitative IR data (K 2920 cm mg -1 ) and Hydrogen Indices supports previous conclusions regarding the dependence of Hydrogen Indices on the aliphatic structure of the samples.

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