Characterizing surface properties of oxidized coal using FTIR and contact angle measurements

© 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This paper compares FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) and contact angle measurements to characterize surface properties of the oxidized coals with different ash contents. FTIR analysis was employed to investigate functional chemical grou...

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Main Authors: Zhou, Y., Albijanic, Boris, Wang, Y., Yang, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69211
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author Zhou, Y.
Albijanic, Boris
Wang, Y.
Yang, J.
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Albijanic, Boris
Wang, Y.
Yang, J.
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description © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This paper compares FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) and contact angle measurements to characterize surface properties of the oxidized coals with different ash contents. FTIR analysis was employed to investigate functional chemical groups of the oxidized coals. Contact angle measurements were utilized to characterize the hydrophilicity of the oxidized coal. The results showed that contact angle measurements were the same regarding of the type of the oxidized coal. However, FTIR results show that the coal samples with lower ash content had more hydrophobic groups and less hydrophilic groups than the coal samples with higher ash content. This paper demonstrated that FTIR technique is more sensitive than contact angle measurements in studying surface properties of oxidized coal samples.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-692112018-06-29T12:35:37Z Characterizing surface properties of oxidized coal using FTIR and contact angle measurements Zhou, Y. Albijanic, Boris Wang, Y. Yang, J. © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This paper compares FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) and contact angle measurements to characterize surface properties of the oxidized coals with different ash contents. FTIR analysis was employed to investigate functional chemical groups of the oxidized coals. Contact angle measurements were utilized to characterize the hydrophilicity of the oxidized coal. The results showed that contact angle measurements were the same regarding of the type of the oxidized coal. However, FTIR results show that the coal samples with lower ash content had more hydrophobic groups and less hydrophilic groups than the coal samples with higher ash content. This paper demonstrated that FTIR technique is more sensitive than contact angle measurements in studying surface properties of oxidized coal samples. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69211 10.1080/15567036.2018.1477883 Taylor & Francis restricted
spellingShingle Zhou, Y.
Albijanic, Boris
Wang, Y.
Yang, J.
Characterizing surface properties of oxidized coal using FTIR and contact angle measurements
title Characterizing surface properties of oxidized coal using FTIR and contact angle measurements
title_full Characterizing surface properties of oxidized coal using FTIR and contact angle measurements
title_fullStr Characterizing surface properties of oxidized coal using FTIR and contact angle measurements
title_full_unstemmed Characterizing surface properties of oxidized coal using FTIR and contact angle measurements
title_short Characterizing surface properties of oxidized coal using FTIR and contact angle measurements
title_sort characterizing surface properties of oxidized coal using ftir and contact angle measurements
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69211