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

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1972 · Coal Sci.; ()

OSTI ID:6090425

Foster, J I; Robinson, W E

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

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040500* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Properties & Composition
ALDEHYDES
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONATES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ESTERS
ETHERS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GREEN RIVER FORMATION
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
KEROGEN
KETONES
MATERIALS
MINERALS
NONMETALS
OIL SHALES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SODIUM CARBONATES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SODIUM MINERALS
TRONA