The use of optical reflected light and SEM imaging systems to provide quantitative coal characterisation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1299-1304

  O'Brien, G ^a   Gu, Y ^b   Adair, B J I ^b   Firth, B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated imaging; Coal; Liberation analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ATTRIBUTES; COAL PARTICLES; COAL PRODUCTS; COAL SAMPLE; COKE MAKING; CONVENTIONAL POWER; ENERGY MARKETS; LIBERATION ANALYSIS; MACERALS; OIL IMMERSION; OPTICAL IMAGING METHOD; OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS; QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS; REFLECTED LIGHT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LENSES; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFLECTION; SILICATE MINERALS;

COAL;

EID: 80052927477     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.04.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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