Brazil block

In a study of the fluorescence properties of the Brazil Block seam (Parke Co., IN), a somewhat different approach was used. In this case, about a hundred individual spectra were taken on a variety of fluorescing liptinite macerals. Although the macerals from which the spectra were tkane were not identified at the time of measurement, photomicrographs in both normal white-light and fluorescent light were taken for documentation. The spectral parameters for each spectrum were calculated and these data were subjected to cluster analysis to test the degree to which the... 

Samples. Two of the coals used 1n this study were obtained from the Penn State Coal Sample Bank, an HVA bituminous coal (PSOC 1103) from the Upper Elkhorn 3 seam in Eastern Kentucky and an HVA bituminous coal (PSOC 828) from the Brazil Block seam in Indiana. A third coal from which vitrinite and fusinite were hand picked was an Illinois No. 2 seam HVC bituminous coal from Northern Illinois. Also, resinite and vitrinite samples were hand picked from a Hiawatha seam bituminous coal from the King 6 mine in Utah. Finally, the alginite sample was obtained from an Ohio No. 5 seam (PSOC-297) coal by 06C (2,5). All of the elemental and petrographic analyses are presented in Table I. The details of the sink-float technique have been reported previously (1). Typically, a 3 micron particle size demineralized coal Ts centrifuged in aqueous CsCl2 solution of the appropriate density with a small amount of surfactant added to disperse the coal particles. The exinites in the float are... 

The Py-MS experiments have provided detailed information on the labile organic structures found in the maceral concentrates. The utility of being able to obtain precise mass measurements is demonstrated in Table II where a small selection of peaks from the pyrolysis of the Brazil Block seam sporinite is listed. Note that at nominal m/z = 108 and 122 there are actually three distinct peaks corresponding to a quinone, an alkyl-phenol and a hydrocarbon. Normally with nominal mass pyrolysis data these peaks would only be assigned to alkyl phenols. All three peaks... 

Figure 1. This bar graph shows the variation in the m/z = 108 peak components from Py-MS for a series of macerals. The sporinite and vitrinite are separated from the Brazil Block seam coal.

Figure 2. The sorted mass spectrum of the Brazil Block Seam sporinite.

Figure 5. Distribution of sulfur compounds determined from Py-MS for five maceral samples. The vitrinite and sporinite are from the Brazil Block Seam coal.

Figure 8. Gel permeation chromatograms for methylated oxidation products from Brazil Block Seam sporinite and vitrinite and the Upper Elkhorn Seam inertinite.

Indiana Brazil Block Seam hvC Bituminous Coal (PSOC-828) ... 

The hydrogen atom exchange reactions between Tetralin and diphenylmethane and the reduction of the ketones were studied in the presence of a selected group of raw whole coals, demineralized whole coals, and demineralized macerals. The macerals used in this work were obtained from two hvA bituminous coals, one from the Kentucky Upper Elkhorn No. 3 Seam (PSOC-1103) and one from the Ohio Lower Kittaning No. 5 Seam (PSOC-297) two hvB bituminous coals, one from the Indiana No. 1 Block Seam (PSOC-106) and one from the Hiawatha King 6 Mine and two hvC bituminous coals, one from the Illinois No. 2 Seam and one from the Indiana Brazil Block Seam (PSOC-828). 

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