E.s.r. study of vanadyl complexes in various carbonaceous materials at high temperature

E.s.r. spectra of vanadyl complexes in various carbonaceous materials were measured in a range between room temperature and 435 °C. The e.s.r. spectrum of vanadyl complex doped in Taching reduced crude was a slow tumbling pattern at temperatures between 60 °C and 225 °C. By the rapid freezing technique, it became clear that the vanadyl complex in Taching residue was oriented to the magnetic field in its temperature range. Further, activation energies for rotations of vanadyl complexes in those carbonaceous materials were estimated from Arrhenius plots of the correlation times. Those carbonaceous materials were classified into two groups according to values of the activation energies. This classification was consistent with that based on mesophase textures of the cokes made from them.