Construction of bituminous coal vitrinite and inertinite molecular assisted by 13C NMR, FTIR and XPS

• Published in: Journal of molecular structure Vol. 1222; p. 128959
• Main Authors: Ping, An, Xia, Wencheng, Peng, Yaoli, Xie, Guangyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.12.2020
• Subjects: Coal macerals; FTIR; Molecular structure; NMR; XPS; NMR; XPS; Molecular structure; Coal macerals; FTIR

•Three-dimensional molecular models of vitrinite and inertinite were constructed.•13C NMR show that the aromatic carbon formed the basic skeleton of two macerals.•Macerals have similar contents of alcohol hydroxyl, phenol hydroxyl and ether.•Combination of aliphatic carbon and oxygen in inertinite i...