Advanced Material Analysis
CarbonMat offers specialised services and research in the characterisation of coal, minerals, and carbon materials, as well as the evaluation of petroleum source rocks. Utilising a broad spectrum of advanced techniques, we provide in-depth analysis to meet both industry and academic needs.
Coal and DOM
Reflectance measurements of vitrinite, DOM, and other organic materials
Coal maceral composition
Evaluation of the organofacies in source and reservoir rocks (quantification may be possible)
Optical anisotropy in high rank coals (Ting’s method for RIS determination)
Hyperspectral coal characterisation
Materials: Coal, source and reservoir rocks, soils and coal dust.
Applications:
Maturation studies
Basin analysis
Coal quality
Paleoenvironmental studies
Environmental applications
Carbon Materials
Reflectance measurements
Optical composition and textures of coke, chars and charcoal
Microstructural analysis of graphite and graphitised materials
Degree of structural ordering
Materials: coke (natural and metallurgic), chars from coal combustion residues, semi-graphite and graphite (natural and synthetic), graphitised materials.
Applications:
Microstructural evolution of carbon materials
Industrial applications
Environmental applications
Minerals
Identification of mineral phases, either in coal, rocks and carbon materials
Mapping of mineral phases to better understand the distribution and mineral/organic and mineral/mineral associations
Mineral quantification using automated SEM systems
Organic matter and mineral matrix association in source rocks and reservoirs
Trace and major elements
Materials: minerals in coal, source and reservoir rocks, fly ashes.
Applications:
Basin analysis
Coal quality
Critical minerals studies
Metal recovery
Environmental applications
