Download or read book Extensive Utilization of Argonne Premium Coals in Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 200 basic research papers have now resulted from fundamental studies of the 14,000 samples of the Argonne Premium Coals that have been shipped to coal scientists in this country and abroad. This research community has recognized the unprecedented opportunity that the premium samples afford to compare, contrast, and correlate experimental information obtained in different laboratories on coal samples that are uniform, stable, and in long-term supply. Indeed, a number of groups are using this set of materials exclusively in their basic coal research programs. The selection, collection, processing, packaging, characterization, and shipping have been done under the supervision of Dr. Karl S. Vorres at Argonne National Laboratory with the support of the Division of Chemical Sciences. The coal-processing facility is unique in the world for its ability to process ton-sized coal samples into sealed, uniform, 5- or 10-g lots in pyrex ampoules, completely under nitrogen kept below 100-parts-per-million oxygen.