DETERMINATION OF EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE OF SOME CHINESE AND AUSTRALIAN COALS BY PULSE PROTON NMR

The varying temperature pulse proton NMR method was adopted to determine the e-quilibrium moisture content of several Chinese and Australian coals. The pulse proton NMR spec-trometry is sensible to the hydrogen at different physical state which occurs for water when temperature changes through 273 K. The equilibrium water,with some interactions to the coal surface, will not transform from one phase to another while the free water does. The measured results are reasonable comparing to the conventional gravimetric method.

The varying temperature pulse protonquilibrium moisture content of several Chinese andNMR method was adopted to determine the eAustralian coals. The pulse proton NMR spectrometry is sensible to the hydrogen at different physical state which occurs for water when temperature changes through 273 K. The equilibrium water,with some interactions to the coal surface ,will not transform from one phase to another while the free water does. The measured results are reasonable comparing to the conventional gravimetric method.