CarbonMat offers specialized services and research in the characterization of coal, minerals, and carbon materials, as well as the evaluation of petroleum source rocks. Utilizing 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.

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Services tailored to your needs.