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Science 18 February 1977:
Vol. 195. no. 4279, pp. 675 - 676
DOI: 10.1126/science.195.4279.675
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Origins of Sulfur in Coal: Importance of the Ester Sulfate Content of Peat

DANIEL CASAGRANDE 1 and KRISTINE SIEFERT 1

1 College of Environmental and Applied Sciences, Governors State University, Park Forest South, Illinois 60466

The sulfur found in coal stems in large part from sulfur incorporation at the peat-forming stage. Ester sulfate (a carbon-oxygen-sulfur linkage) is a major contributor to the sulfur in peat and thus is an important determiner of the quantity and forms of sulfur eventually found in coal.

Submitted on June 17, 1976
Revised on September 28, 1976


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