maceral

maceral

       Petrologic components in coal and their groupings Petrologic components in coal and their groupingsany of the numerous microscopically recognizable, individual organic constituents of coal with characteristic physical and chemical properties. Macerals are analogous to minerals in inorganic rocks, but they lack a definite crystalline structure. Macerals are coalified plant remains preserved in coal and other rocks. They change progressively, both chemically and physically, as the rank of coal increases. (Coal rank is a measure of a coal's degree of metamorphism expressed as its position in the lignite-to- anthracite series and is primarily based on decreasing volatile matter content and increasing carbon content.)

      Macerals are classified into three major groups: vitrinite, inertinite, and liptinite (formerly called exinite). Vitrinite is derived from cell walls and woody plant tissue and includes the macerals telinite and collinite. Most coals contain a high percentage (50 to 90 percent) of vitrinites. Inertinites, a group thought to have formed from plant material transformed by severe degradation during the peat stage of coalification, include fusinite, semi-fusinite, micrinite, macrinite, and sclerotinite. Inertinites are rich in carbon. Most coals contain 5 to 40 percent inertinites. The liptinite macerals, which are characterized by a high hydrogen content and derived from the cuticles and resinous parts of plants, include sporinite, cutinite, resinite, and alginite. Most coals contain 5 to 15 percent liptinites.

Otto C. Kopp
 

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