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The swelling of a low‐rank coal in benzene–pyridine and toluene–pyridine mixtures
Author(s) -
Jones J. Clifford,
Prawistasari Bayu
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/jctb.280640215
Subject(s) - pyridine , swelling , benzene , toluene , coal , solubility , chemistry , rank (graph theory) , organic chemistry , materials science , composite material , mathematics , combinatorics
A low‐rank coal is examined for swelling in benzene–pyridine and toluene–pyridine mixtures. In each case, swelling is shown to mainly due to the pyridine, the action of which is specific and not amenable to interpretation by the solubility parameter approach to understanding coal swelling.