Structural elucidation of humic acids extracted from Pakistani lignite using spectroscopic and thermal degradative techniques

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 983-991

  Nasir, Saqib ^a   Sarfaraz, Tahira B ^b   Verheyen, T Vincent ^c   Chaffee, A L ^d  

^a PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c Australian Sustainable Industry Research Centre Ltd   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; AROMATICITIES; COAL RANKS; DERIVED MATERIALS; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FT-IR SPECTRUM; HUMIC ACID; LEONARDITES; LIGNITE COAL; METHYL ESTERS; NMR DATA; PAKISTAN; PYROLYSIS STUDY; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITION; STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION; STRUCTURE OF COAL; TETRAMETHYL AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; TRITERPENOIDS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL INDUSTRY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROCARBONS; LIGNITE; METADATA; ORGANIC ACIDS; PYROLYSIS;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 79952192459     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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