• Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis
  • Vol. 41, Issue 8, 2491 (2021)
Huan-tong LI1、*, Dai-yong CAO3、3; *;, Wei-guo ZHANG1、1; 2;, and Lu WANG4、4;
Author Affiliations
  • 11. College of Geology and Environment, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
  • 33. College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
  • 44. Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chongqing 401120, China
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    DOI: 10.3964/j.issn.1000-0593(2021)08-2491-08 Cite this Article
    Huan-tong LI, Dai-yong CAO, Wei-guo ZHANG, Lu WANG. XRD and Raman Spectroscopy Characterization of Graphitization Trajectories of High-Rank Coal[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2021, 41(8): 2491 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In order to the interpretation of ordering and crystallinity of natural graphitized coal, nineteen kinds of different deformation-metamorphism degree high-rank coal from Hunan Province and Shaanxi Province were studied with proximate and ultimate analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectrum and curve-fitting analysis. The graphitization, crystal size (La and Lc), interplanar spacing (d002) were calculated with XRD. The parameters of PG (G band position), P1 (G and D1 band separation), R1=ID1/IG, the peak height ratio, R2=AD1/(AG+AD1), peak area ratio were calculated with Raman. The results showed that the H/C decreases gradually with the increase of metamorphic degree during the coalification stage, but during the graphitization stage, the change was primarily physical, and the trend was slow or not significant. The parameters of d002, La, Lc, N and La/Lc had shown that the crystalline structure of natural graphitized coal presented nonlinear continuous (step) change with metamorphism degree. The inflection point corresponds roughly to Rm=7.0% and d002=0.338 nm. Before the inflection point, La, Lc and N changed little (or increase steadily), and the graphite crystal structure formed rapidly after the inflection point, the stacking effect begins and gradually increases, as the crystallite size increases. La/Lc variation reflected that the graphitization process changed from condensation to overlap. The graphitization trajectory of high-rank coal can be given in a three-stage model of orderly increase. During the stage from amorphous carbon (anthracite) to meta-anthracite, the parameters of PG and P1 changed significantly, and ID1/IG did not obey the TK relation when expressing the degree of disorder. During the stage from meta-anthracite to semi-graphitization showed different directions, R1 presented an opposite trajectory with the increase of order, the evolution of some graphite components followed the TK relation, and R2 showed a completely contradictory trajectory when the graphitization degree was 45%. The temperature and pressure in the graphite stage led to a sharp increase in crystal size (step evolution), and the decrease of ID1/IG obeying the TK relation. As neogenesis-associated components in different graphitized coals, d002 cannot reflect the largest metamorphic degree of graphitized coal. However, it was still a superior choice to consider d002 as an average scaling of the graphitized coals in the process of graphitization. Moreover, full width at half maximum of the (002) and (γ) band are reliable indicators for distinguishing and classifying of metamorphism type of nature graphitized coals. H/C, and ID1/IG also evolved over d002 trajectory was altered, needed to use d002<0.344 nm, R1<2.0, H/C<0.12 and other comprehensive indicators to identify the beginning of graphitization. From this, it could be seen that XRD and Raman spectral analysis techniques could be used to characterize the graphitization track stages and structural differences of high rank coal.
    Huan-tong LI, Dai-yong CAO, Wei-guo ZHANG, Lu WANG. XRD and Raman Spectroscopy Characterization of Graphitization Trajectories of High-Rank Coal[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2021, 41(8): 2491
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