Location and distribution of inorganic material in a low ash yield, subbituminous coal

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-181

  Mares, Tennille E ^a   Radliński, Andrzej P ^b,c,d   Moore, Tim A ^a,e   Cookson, David ^f,g   Thiyagarajan, P ^h   Ilavsky, Jan ⁱ   Klepp, Jürgen ^j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Solid Energy New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

^f AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^k VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Microstructure; Mineral matter; New Zealand; Small angle scattering; Subbituminous coal

Indexed keywords

ASH YIELD; COAL FIELDS; INORGANIC MATERIALS; LOW RANK COALS; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELS; MINERAL MATTERS; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT MATERIAL; POST-DEPOSITION; SCATTERING CURVE; SIZE RANGES; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; VITRINITES;

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; CURVE FITTING; MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALS; SCATTERING; TISSUE;

INORGANIC COATINGS;

COAL SEAM; INORGANIC MATTER; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL;

HUNTLY MINE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

EID: 84860014519     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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