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Applying terahertz time-domain spectroscopy to probe the evolution of kerogen in close pyrolysis systems

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Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) has been used to probe the evolutionary paths of kerogen in selected black mudstone. The evolutionary regime of kerogens (for instance, the immaturity, early maturity, middle maturity, late maturity, and catagenesis stages) can be indicated by the absorption coefficient in the THz region. The present study of identification based on THz-TDS was in good agreement with programmed pyrolysis experiments and suggests that THz technology can act as a nondestructive, contact-free tool for probing the ability to generate hydrocarbons from kerogens.

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  1. College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China

    RiMa Bao, Kun Zhao & ChangHong Xu

  2. Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Beijing, 100083, China

    ShiXiang Wu

  3. Exploration and Production Research Institute, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Wuxi, 214151, China

    LunJu Zheng

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Bao, R., Wu, S., Zhao, K. et al. Applying terahertz time-domain spectroscopy to probe the evolution of kerogen in close pyrolysis systems. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 56, 1603–1605 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-013-5085-6

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