X-ray examination of shungite, anthracite and coal

Abstract

As we know, the X-ray method can be used in mineralogy (and in all branches of science and technology that rely on it) to solve a number of problems. The objectives of our research are to answer a number of the following questions. The answers to these questions should shed light on the nature of the substance of various coals, they can provide a new way for an accurate quantitative method of distinguishing coals from each other, one can expect that this method of distinguishing coals will help the geological parallelization of individual coal seams. In the future when linking X-ray properties with chemical ones with the help of analyzes and determinations of the thermal properties of coal, it becomes possible to learn from X-ray photographs of coal to judge, at least to some extent, about its qualities as a fuel. We have specified our immediate work as follows: to take Debye patterns of a successive series of minerals: graphite, shungite, anthracite and coal and discuss the results obtained.