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. 2022 Apr 2;7(14):11618–11630. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06314

Table 4. Petrographic Analysis of the Four Coals in Their Respective Size Fractions.

maceral analysis      
  Antioquia Cundinamarca Patia Valle
<6 mm 6–19 mm >19 mm <6 mm 6–19 mm >19 mm <6 mm 6–19 mm >19 mm <6 mm 6–19 mm >19 mm
vitrinite 95.4 96.0 99.0 90.0 77.6 36.0 99.0 97.0 91.0 99.2 99.4 97.6
liptinite 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 3.0 2.0 0.4 0.0 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.4
semifusinite 4.0 3.0 0.6 4.0 11.0 44.0 0.0 3.0 4.6 0.4 0.6 1.2
fusinite 0.6 0.6 0.4 5.6 8.4 18.0 0.6 0.0 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.8
vitrinite reflectance analysis            
  Antioquia Cundinamarca Patia Valle
<6 mm 6–19 mm >19 mm <6 mm 6–19 mm >19 mm <6 mm 6–19 mm >19 mm <6 mm 6–19 mm >19 mm
average 0.43 0.43 0.36 0.68 0.90 0.68 0.57 0.53 0.48 0.95 0.62 0.73
minimum 0.37 0.39 0.26 0.43 0.47 0.48 0.43 0.41 0.35 0.49 0.48 0.44
maximum 0.50 0.51 0.44 1.04 2.19 1.14 0.73 0.66 0.65 1.53 0.84 1.39
SD 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.164 0.218 0.113 0.08 0.05 0.07 0.28 0.06 0.17