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Exinite, vitrinite and inertinite from durain, vitrain and clarain of Polish medium-rank coal with 85.6% C were investigated by X-band (9.3 GHz) electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Multicomponent structure of the EPR spectra of these macérais was analysed. The number of component lines, their lineshapes and parameters: linewidths andg factors, were determined. Total concentrations and concentrations of paramagnetic centres responsible for the component lines were measured. The broad Gaussian, broad Lorentzian and narrow Lorentzian lines were observed in the experimental spectra of exinite and vitrinite. The EPR spectra of inertinite are superposition of two narrow Lorentzian lines with different linewidths. The evolution of paramagnetic centres during heating of the macerais at 300–650°C was studied. Paramagnetic centres with broad Lorentzian lines are the most active ones in the thermal decomposition. The EPR results indicate reactions between individual macerais during thermal decomposition of coal. Thermally excited multiplet states were found in exinite and vitrinite.
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Więckowski, A.B., Pilawa, B., Lewandowski, M. et al. Paramagnetic centres in exinite, vitrinite and inertinite. Appl. Magn. Reson. 15, 489–501 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03162031
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