Solvent swelling behavior of Permian-aged South African vitrinite-rich and inertinite-rich coals

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Niekerk, Daniel Van ^a   Halleck, Phillip M ^a   Mathews, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inertinite; Macerals; Solvent swelling; South African coal; Vitrinite

Indexed keywords

INERTINITE; MACERALS; SOLVENT SWELLING; SOUTH AFRICAN COAL; VITRINITE;

COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SOLVENTS; TOMOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING;

SWELLING;

EID: 70349443529     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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