Alan Davis

TL;DR: In this article, the problems associated with the application of FT-IR to the characterization of coal structure are critically discussed and the controversies concerning band assignments are considered and it is concluded that the strong 1600 cm−1 band can be assigned to an aromatic ring stretching mode that in most coals is intensity enhanced by the presence of phenolic groups.

TL;DR: In this article, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-i.r) was used to investigate the low-temperature oxidation of coal and the results were correlated to changes in the thermoplastic properties of the coal measured by a Gieseler plastometer.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that deformed coal has a higher chloroform extract yield than equivalent coal which has not been tectonically disturbed, suggesting that tectonic deformation may modify the hydrocarbon generating potential of coals.

TL;DR: In this article, a high-resolution Fourier transform infrared spectrometer was used to provide additional support for the assignment of the 1600 cm−1 band to an aromatic stretching mode.

TL;DR: In this article, carbon near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (C-NEXAFS) spectroscopy is used to monitor the gain and loss of organic functionality in ultra-thin sections of vitrinite following time incremental exposure to blue light (390-490 nm) irradiation in air.