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Crelling's Petrographic Atlas of Coals and Carbons

College of Science

FA8/FA9

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Frame ID: FA8/FA9

Sample ID: 91972 (slides 287-35, 287-36)

Magnification: 330 microns on long axis

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 32x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: FA8 - out, FA-9 - in

Retarder Plate: FA8 - out, FA9 - in

Filter:

Important Features: Anisotropic coke

Anisotropic coke from a power plant burning high volatile A Central Appalachian coal.  This carbon may be from petroleum coke.