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Chapter No. 03 Petrography of Coal

Coal petrography involves microscopic analysis of coal components. There are four main macroscopic components - vitrain, clarain, durain, and fussain. Vitrain is a bright black band derived from wood, clarain is silky and contains more plant matter, durain is dull and fractures irregularly, and fussain is soft and powdery. Bituminous coal is dense, black or brown, and widely used as fuel for power generation. It contains carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, oxygen, ash, and moisture.

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Chapter No. 03 Petrography of Coal

Coal petrography involves microscopic analysis of coal components. There are four main macroscopic components - vitrain, clarain, durain, and fussain. Vitrain is a bright black band derived from wood, clarain is silky and contains more plant matter, durain is dull and fractures irregularly, and fussain is soft and powdery. Bituminous coal is dense, black or brown, and widely used as fuel for power generation. It contains carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, oxygen, ash, and moisture.

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Chapter No.

03
PETROGRAPHY OF COAL
DEFINITION

• Coal petrography is the study of coal


components by a visual method with the use
of microscope
COMPONENTS OF COAL
• The components identified by the naked eye
are called macroscopic components
• The others are called microscopic component
• There are four types of macroscopic
component in coal. These are :-
– Vitrain
– Clarain
– Durain
– Fussain
VITRAIN
• Bright ,black and brittle thin band of coal
• Derived from wood plant
• Coking in nature
• Responsible for lustrous black band of bituminous coal
BITUMINOUS COAL
• Dense material, black but sometimes dark
brown, often with well defined bands of bright
and dull material
• Used primarily as fuel in steam electric power
generation with substantial quantities
• Also used for heat and power applications in
manufacturing and to make coke
COMPOSITION OF BITUMINOUS COAL
• Carbon - 75 - 90 %
• Hydrogen - 4.5 - 5.5 %
• Nitrogen - 1 – 1.5 %
• Sulfur - 1–2%
• Oxygen - 5 – 20 %
• Ash - 2 – 10 %
• Moisture - 1 – 10 %
CLARAIN
• Silky, shiny and minutely striated layer
• Contain more plant than vitrain
• Most common of the four types of substance found in coal
• Not bright and fractures regularly
DURAIN
• Dull, grey and very hard component of the
coal which cracks irregularly
• Formed from the silts and mud of the small
particles of vegetable matter
FUSSAIN
• Soft powdery form occurring between the
bands of other types
• Charcoal like substance which dirties the hand
when coal is touched
• Help in increasing the strength of coke
• Fixed carbon content is higher and volatile
matter content is lower
PERCENTAGE OF MACROSCOPIC
COMPONENT
• In a typical coal seam,50% of the seam may
be clarain,15-30% durain,10-15% vitrain and
1-2% fussain

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