Automated IR Spectral Determination of Coal Quality1

V. I. Butakova*, V. K. Popov**, and Yu. M. Posokhov***Translated by Bernard Gilbert

Eastern Coal Chemistry Research Institute (VUKhIN), ul. Vos’mogo Marta 14, Yekaterinburg, 620990 Russia

Correspondence to: e-mail: *spectrotest@gmail.com, **vasiliy.k.popov@gmail.com, ***possokhoff@gmail.com

1This article commemorates the 85th anniversary of AO Vostochnyi Nauchno-Issledovatel’skii Uglekhimicheskii Institut (VUKhIN).

Received 12 February, 2016

Abstract—The chronological development of the IKAP and SPEKTROTEST automated IR analyzers used for express determination of coal quality in production laboratories is described.

Keywords: coal, coal quality, IR spectra, polyene structural model, express analysis

DOI: 10.3103/S1068364X16060028