STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF AROMATIC FRACTIONS OF SOME TYPICAL SOLVENT REFINED COALS USING MASS SPECTROMETRIC TECHNIQUES |
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Authors: | Jin-ling Chen Shu-an Qian |
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Affiliation: |
a The Institute of Coal Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiyuan, Shanxi, P.R. of China |
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Abstract: | Three aromatic fractions from two typical Chinese solvent-refined coals (one, FS2, derived from bituminous-sapropelitic cannel coal, and the other two, DT2A and DT2B, derived from a bituminous, weakly caking coal) were characterized for their chemical composition and molecular weight distribution using field ionization (FI) and field desorption (FD) mass spectrometric techniques. Some characteristic components derived from the chemical ionization technique were subjected to further fragmentation analyses using tandem mass spectrometry.
The FS2 fraction is composed of 3-5 ring condensed aromatics of cata configuration with abundant naphthenic groups fused with an aromatic cluster. The most abundant component -- cyclopentachrysene -- is resolved at M/Z 268, which may possibly be the product of aroir.atization of hopanes existing in the source material during dia- and catagenesis. Sample DT2A contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with a higher degree of aromatic condensation and 3-5 ring clusters. The concentration of C-4 substituted phenanthrene was especially high, indicating the probable presence of retene derived from triterpanic acid in the land plantresins during geological conversion of coal. The second aromatic fraction, DT2B, is differentiated from DT2A mainly by the aromatic ring number (6-9 rings for DT2B) and degree of aromatic condensation (mainly cata configuration). The suitability for producing advanced carbon materials of the three samples studied is discussed. |
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