Organically Bound Metals in a Solvent-Refined Coal: Metallograms for a Wyoming Subbituminous Coal
LARRY T. TAYLOR 1,
DOUGLAS W. HAUSLER 1, and
ARTHUR M. SQUIRES 2
1 Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061
2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Fractions of a solvent-refined coal that contain organically bound species of magnesium, calcium, titanium, iron, copper, or zinc have been isolated. The fractions represent a wide range of chemical types and molecular size. Their isolation is a step toward speciation.
Submitted on November 18, 1980
Revised on May 4, 1981