Characterization of oil shale residue and rejects from irati formation by electron paramagnetic resonance

In this study, sedimentary organic matter of oil shale rejects, calschist, shale fine and the so called retorted shale from Irati formation was characterized. EPR was used to analyse the samples regarding loss of signal in g = 2.003 associated to the organic free radical with the calcined samples and washing with hydrogen peroxide. The radical signal was detected in all samples, however, for the calschist and shale fine samples another signal was identified at g = 2.000 which disappeared when the sample was heated at 400 ºC. Hydrogen peroxide washing was also performed and it was noted that after washing the signal appeared around g = 2.000 for all samples, including retorted shale, which might be due to the quartz E1 defect.

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Main Authors: Cogo,S.L., Brinatti,A.M., Saab,S.C., Simões,M.L., Martin-Neto,L., Rosa,J.A., Mascarenhas,Y.P.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Física 2009
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332009000100005
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