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Coal Chemistry
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MCT-301: Coal Chemistry " Marks Theory 100, Practical -- Credit Hours Theory 3, Practical -- 1. Introduction 1. Coal Chemistry in historical perspective 2. Coalification process structural changes in formation of coal ranks 3. Origin of organic and inorganic impurities in coal 4.Sediments in coal (mineral matter in coal) 5. Chemical aspects of Pakistan and foreign coal deposits 2. Analytical Chemistry 1. Optical microscopy (for heterogeneity of coal) 2. Electron microscopy (for fine structural information) 3. Scanning microscopy (for morphology of coal) 4. Petrography (minerals and macerals groups identification and coal matrix study) 5. XRD ( for mineral phases identification) 6. XRF (for unknown major and minor elemental analysis) 7. IR, NMR (functional group analysis) 8. UV, Visible (for known elemental analysis) 9. DTA, TGA (for thermal analysis) 3. Physical Chemistry 1. Physical structure of coal and significance of structural models 2. Physical properties of coal (sp.gr, hardness, porosity, morphology) 3. Polymerization in coal 4. Coke and coke properties (swelling index, etc) 4. Organic Chemistry 1. Low and high molecular weight organic compounds in coal (carbohydrates, proteins, polysulphides, oils, fats, waxes, resins, tannins lignins, porphyrins, alkaloids, terpenoids, etc) 2. Macerals (classification and properties) 3. Chemicals from coal and coal tar 5. Inorganic Chemistry 1. Chemical composition of inorganic impurities in coal (sediments i-e shale, slate, pyrite, sandstone, limestone, clay minerals) 2. Chemical reactions of coal with oxidants (O2, HNO3, dichromate) (humic acid formation and other oxidation products) 3. Hydrogenation and halogenation of coal 4. Acid-base catalysed reactions |
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