Ten coals of different metamorphic degree have been investigated by the use of 13 C CP /MAS NMR technique, of which the spinlattice relaxation, variable contact time and dipolar dephasing experiments were performed on each coal. The data from above experiments, together with normal CP !MAS integration over selected chemical shift ranges, were used to derive 12 parameters of carbon skeletal structure including the aromaticity. These parameters are correlated with carbon content (weight per cent) in coal and we find that there are close relations between the NMR parameters and metamorphic degree of coals. From the ratio of aromatic bridgehead to aromatic peripheral carbons as measured by NMR, the aromatic cluster size may be estimated for each coal. 467 Copyright~1995 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.
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