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| Marty Gorbaty in a 1994 review stated that: “More fundamental knowledge of coal in terms of its structure and behavior during various conversion processes is essential for generating the new technologies that will be required for the efficient and clean uses of coal as an energy source in the future.” Although due to its complexity and variability, complete elucidation of a structure of coal is very unlikely, we are beginning to obtain a fundamental understanding of important aspects of coal structure. This talk will focus on what we have learned about the nature of the physical structure and of heteroatoms in coals. Global approaches include NMR, XAFS, SAXS, and SANS. SAXS has proven to be a useful tool for studying high temperature processes in situ under realistic conditions. Molecular specific methods look at volatile components by separation methods, coupled with mass spectrometry. This work was performed under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. |
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Symposium Honoring Martin Gorbaty
8:20 AM-11:55 AM, Monday, August 20, 2007 Boston Park Plaza -- Plaza Ballroom, Oral
Division of Petroleum Chemistry |