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Investigation of the structure of the compounds of the asphaltenes of the primary hard-coal tar of G/sub 6/ coal

Journal Article · · Solid Fuel Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5988748
An investigation of the structure of asphaltene obtained from a G/sub 6/ gas coal is reported. Using a system based on extraction, liquid and thin-layer chromatography, 59 narrow-band fractions were separated accounting for more than 97% of the mass of initial asphaltenes. The structure of the asphaltenes was interpreted on the basis of cryoscopy, elemental and functional analysis, IR and UV spectroscopy and chromatography-mass spectrometry. The compounds contain aromatic, naphthenic and heterocyclic rings, substituted by phenolic, quinoid, methoxylic, ketone, alicyclic alcohol and short alkyl groups.
OSTI ID:
5988748
Journal Information:
Solid Fuel Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Solid Fuel Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 17:6; ISSN SFCHD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English