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Oxygen functional groups in Green River oil shale kerogen and trona acids

Journal Article · · Coal Sci.; ()
OSTI ID:6090425

Carboxyl, ester, amide, hydroxyl, aldehyde, and ketone groups were estimated for oil-shale kerogen and kerogen-derived trona acids from the Green River Formation. Ether groups were estimated by difference. Carboxyl, ester, and ether groups were found to account for the major portion of the oxygen in both the kerogen and trona acid samples. Minor amounts of amide, hydroxyl, aldehyde, and ketone groups were indicated. The reactive oxygen groups, carboxyl and ester, account for about one-half of the total oxygen in kerogen and two-thirds of the total oxygen in trona acids while the unreactive ether group accounts for the other half of the total oxygen in kerogen and one-third of the total oxygen in trona acids.

OSTI ID:
6090425
Journal Information:
Coal Sci.; (), Journal Name: Coal Sci.; () Vol. 55
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English