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Title: Petrographic and geochemical anatomy of lithotypes from the Blue Gem coal bed, Southeastern Kentucky

Abstract

The nature of the association of major, minor, and trace elements with coal has been the subject of intensive research by coal scientists (Swaine; and references cited therein). Density gradient centrifugation (DGC) offers a technique with which ultrafine coal particles can be partitioned into a density spectrum, portions of which represent nearly pure monomaceral concentrates. DGC has been typically conducted on demineralized coals assuring, particularly at lower specific gravities, that the resulting DGC fractions would have very low ash contents. In order to determine trends in elemental composition, particularly with a view towards maceral vs. mineral association, it is necessary to avoid demineralization. To this end the low-ash, low-sulfur Blue Gem coal bed (Middle Pennsylvanian Breathitt Formation) from Knox County, Kentucky, was selected for study. The objective of this study was to determine the petrography and chemistry, with particular emphasis on the ash geochemistry, of DGC separates of lithotypes of the Blue Gem coal bed.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States); and others
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
254747
Report Number(s):
CONF-940813-
TRN: 96:003482-0089
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 208. American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 21-26 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of 207th ACS national meeting. Volume 39, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4; PB: 1304 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; KENTUCKY; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; DEMINERALIZATION; LITHOTYPES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE

Citation Formats

Hower, J C, Taulbee, D N, and Morrell, L G. Petrographic and geochemical anatomy of lithotypes from the Blue Gem coal bed, Southeastern Kentucky. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Hower, J C, Taulbee, D N, & Morrell, L G. Petrographic and geochemical anatomy of lithotypes from the Blue Gem coal bed, Southeastern Kentucky. United States.
Hower, J C, Taulbee, D N, and Morrell, L G. 1994. "Petrographic and geochemical anatomy of lithotypes from the Blue Gem coal bed, Southeastern Kentucky". United States.
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abstractNote = {The nature of the association of major, minor, and trace elements with coal has been the subject of intensive research by coal scientists (Swaine; and references cited therein). Density gradient centrifugation (DGC) offers a technique with which ultrafine coal particles can be partitioned into a density spectrum, portions of which represent nearly pure monomaceral concentrates. DGC has been typically conducted on demineralized coals assuring, particularly at lower specific gravities, that the resulting DGC fractions would have very low ash contents. In order to determine trends in elemental composition, particularly with a view towards maceral vs. mineral association, it is necessary to avoid demineralization. To this end the low-ash, low-sulfur Blue Gem coal bed (Middle Pennsylvanian Breathitt Formation) from Knox County, Kentucky, was selected for study. The objective of this study was to determine the petrography and chemistry, with particular emphasis on the ash geochemistry, of DGC separates of lithotypes of the Blue Gem coal bed.},
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