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. 2021 May 24;6(22):14664–14676. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01800

Table 2. Measured Vitrinite Reflectance (%Ro) Values in Residual Source Rocks after Heating at Different Temperatures.

  sample number
pyrolysis temperature (°C) no. 1 no. 2 no. 3 no. 4 no. 5 no. 6 no. 7 no. 8 no. 9 average
Ro (%)
250 0.57 0.55 0.59 0.56 0.59 0.59 0.58 0.57 0.60 0.58
300 0.78 0.72 0.76 0.78 0.72 0.78 0.75 0.79 0.75 0.76
320 0.80 0.88 0.81 0.84 0.86 0.84 0.85 0.84 0.82 0.84
335 0.95 0.93 0.88 0.88 0.92 0.90 0.91 0.93 0.89 0.91
350 0.98 1.00 1.03 0.99 0.96 0.97 1.01 0.99 1.02 1.00
360 1.09 1.10 1.09 1.03 1.07 1.10 1.03 1.06 1.05 1.07
390 1.26 1.23 1.21 1.22 1.28 1.29 1.24 1.23 1.22 1.24
440 1.68 1.70 1.67 1.63 1.65 1.70 1.68 1.68 1.67 1.67
500 2.41 2.41 2.41 2.41 2.37 2.34 2.30 2.27 2.30 2.36
540 2.88 3.00 2.94 2.88 2.94 2.97 2.94 2.94 2.88 2.93
580 3.76 3.76 3.72 3.76 3.76 3.68 3.76 3.61 3.65 3.72