Table of Contents

1 -  AS 2856.2-1998 COAL PETROGRAPHY - MACERAL ANALYSIS
4 -  PREFACE
5 -  CONTENTS
6 -  1 SCOPE
6 -  2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
6 -  3 PRINCIPLE
6 -  4 MATERIALS
6 -  5 APPARATUS
8 -  6 PROCEDURE
8 -  6.1 Sample preparation
8 -  6.2 Determination
10 -  7 EXPRESSION OF RESULTS
10 -  8 EXPERIMENTAL ERROR
10 -  8.1 Repeatability
11 -  8.2 Reproducibility
12 -  9 TEST REPORT
13 -  APPENDIX A - CLASSIFICATION OF COAL MACERALS
13 -  A1 SCOPE
13 -  A2 VITRINITE MACERAL GROUP
13 -  A2.1 General
14 -  A2.2 Telovitrinite subgroup
18 -  A2.3 Detrovitrinite subgroup
20 -  A2.4 Gelovitrinite subgroup
23 -  A3 LIPTINITE MACERAL ROUP
23 -  A3.1 General
23 -  A3.2 Sporinite
24 -  A3.3 Cutinite
24 -  A3.4 Resinite
25 -  A3.5 Liptodetrinite
25 -  A3.6 Alginite
26 -  A3.7 Suberinite
26 -  A3.8 Fluorinite
27 -  A3.9 Exsudatinite
27 -  A3.10 Bituminite
28 -  A4 INERTINITE MACERAL GROUP
28 -  A4.1 General
28 -  A4.2 Telo-inertinite subgroup
29 -  A4.3 Detro-inertinite subgroup
30 -  A4.4 Gelo-inertinite subgroup
31 -  A5 MINERALS GROUP
33 -  APPENDIX B - ICCP SUBDIVISION OF THE VITRINITE MACERALS
34 -  APPENDIX C - EXAMPLE OF A TEST REPORT

Abstract

Sets out a procedure for the complete maceral analysis of all ranks of coal, aimed at obtaining the proportion of each maceral occurring within a coal, expressed as a volume percentage.

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Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Australian Coal Association
Australian Coal Industry Reference Samples
Australian Coal Preparation Society
Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia
Coalfield Geology Council of NSW
CSIRO Energy Technology
National Association of Testing Authorities Australia
National Generators Forum
The University of New South Wales
The University of Queensland
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Scope

This Standard sets out a procedure for the maceral analysis of coal, aimed at obtaining the proportion of each maceral occurring within a coal, expressed as a volume percentage. It covers coals of all ranks.
The classification of coal macerals is set out in Appendix A,
NOTE: The ICCP subdivision of the vitrinite maceral group is given in Appendix B.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 19-08-2013
Pages
ISBN
Committee	MN-001
Supersedes	AS 2856-1986 DR 97279