SEM and reflected light petrography: A case study on natural cokes from seam XIV, Jharia coalfield, India

Fuel

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 502-512

  Singh, Ashok K ^a   Sharma, Mamta ^b   Singh, Mahendra P ^c  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Microstructures; Microtextures; Natural cokes; Reflected light petrography; SEM

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COKE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

JHARIA COALFIELD; MICRO TEXTURE; MINERAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC PETROGRAPHY; POLARIZING MICROSCOPES; REFLECTED LIGHT; SCANNING ELECTRONS; TEXTURAL FEATURE;

PETROGRAPHY;

EID: 84885960387     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.02.063     Document Type: Article

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