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Frame ID: P01

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Frame ID: P01

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Needle coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Typical needle coke derived from a petroleum feedstock. The parallel layers and linear fractures are distinctive and provide slip planes to relieve stress in the coke.

Frame ID: P02

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Frame ID: P02

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Needle coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Typical needle coke derived from a petroleum feedstock. The parallel layers and linear fractures are distinctive and provide slip planes to relieve stress in the coke.

Frame ID: P03

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Frame ID: P03

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Needle coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Typical needle coke derived from a petroleum feedstock. The parallel layers and linear fractures are distinctive and provide slip planes to relieve stress in the coke.

Frame ID: P04

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Frame ID: P04

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Needle coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Typical needle coke derived from a petroleum feedstock. The distinctive parallel layers and fractures are curved due to deformation in the plastic state.

Frame ID: P05

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Frame ID: P05

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Needle coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Typical needle coke derived from a petroleum feedstock. The distinctive parallel layers and fractures are curved due to deformation in the plastic state.

Frame ID: P06

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Frame ID: P06

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Needle coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Typical needle coke derived from a petroleum feedstock. The distinctive parallel layers and fractures are curved due to deformation in the plastic state.

Frame ID: P07

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Frame ID: P07

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Coarse mesophase coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that is transitional into a mesophase mixed-layer type structure.

Frame ID: P08

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Frame ID: P08

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Coarse mesophase coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that is transitional into a mesophase mixed-layer type structure.

Frame ID: P09

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Frame ID: P09

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Coarse mesophase coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that is transitional into a mesophase mixed-layer type structure.

Frame ID: P10

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Frame ID: P10

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Coarse mesophase coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that is transitional into a mesophase mixed-layer type structure. Note the nature of the layering based on different grain sizes.

Frame ID: P11

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Frame ID: P11

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Granular coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock showing an elongate porous flow texture.

Frame ID: P12

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Frame ID: P12

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Granular coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows a medium-grained granular texture. Note the near absence of parallel flow texture.

Frame ID: P13

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Frame ID: P13

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Granular coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows a fine-grained granular texture. Note the layering indicated by different grain sizes.

Frame ID: P14

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Frame ID: P14

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Granular coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows a fine-grained granular texture. Note the near absence of parallel flow texture and the layering shown by variations in grain size.

Frame ID: P15

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Frame ID: P15

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Granular coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows a fine-grained granular texture.

Frame ID: P16

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Frame ID: P16

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Granular coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows a fine-grained granular texture.

Frame ID: P17

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Frame ID: P17

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Granular coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows a very fine-grained granular texture. Note the coarser grain size at the edges of the particle. The fine-grained area may be the initial stage of a shot structure.

Frame ID: P18

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Frame ID: P18

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Sponge coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows abundant pore structure. Note the flow texture in the coke cell walls.

Frame ID: P19

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows abundant pore structure. Note the flow texture in the coke cell walls. High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Frame ID: P20

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Frame ID: P20

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Sponge coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows abundant pore structure. Note the flow texture in the coke cell walls.

Frame ID: P21

p21

Frame ID: P21

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Sponge coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows abundant pore structure. Note the flow texture in the coke cell walls.

Frame ID: P22

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Frame ID: P22

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Shot coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows a shot structure. Note the circular area (shot) at the top of the frame. In hand specimen this type of coke consists of small spherical pellets.

Frame ID: P23

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Frame ID: P23

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Shot coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows a shot structure. Note the circular area (shot) at the bottom of the frame. In hand specimen this type of coke consists of small spherical pellets.

Frame ID: P24

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Frame ID: P24

Sample ID: Petroleum (Delayed) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Shot coke

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Coke derived from a petroleum feedstock that shows a shot structure. Note the circular area (shot) in the middle of the frame. In hand specimen this type of coke consists of small spherical pellets.

Frame ID: P25

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Frame ID: P25

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Mesophase spheres

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Mesophase spheres formed in the petroleum feedstock in the fluid coker.

Frame ID: P26

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Frame ID: P26

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Mesophase spheres

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Mesophase spheres formed in the petroleum feedstock in the fluid coker.

Frame ID: P27

p27

Frame ID: P27

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Circular structures

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Circular structures formed by mesophase formed in the petroleum feedstock in the fluid coker.

Frame ID: P28

p28

Frame ID: P28

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Circular structures

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Circular structures formed by mesophase formed in the petroleum feedstock in the fluid coker.

Frame ID: P29

p29

Frame ID: P29

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Circular structures

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Circular structures formed by mesophase formed in the petroleum feedstock in the fluid coker. Note the two structures at the right of the frame.

Frame ID: P30

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Frame ID: P30

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Circular structures

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Circular structures formed by mesophase formed in the petroleum feedstock in the fluid coker.

Frame ID: P31

p31

Frame ID: P31

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Circular structures

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Circular structures formed by mesophase formed in the petroleum feedstock in the fluid coker.

Frame ID: P32

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Frame ID: P32

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Circular structures

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Circular structures formed by mesophase formed in the petroleum feedstock in the fluid coker.

Frame ID: P33

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Frame ID: P33

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Fluid coke particles

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Fluid coke particles formed in the fluid coker. Note the round shape of the particles and the green edge-ring growth. Also note the agglomeration in the center particle.

Frame ID: P34

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Frame ID: P34

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Fluid coke particles

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Fluid coke particles formed in the fluid coker. Note the round shape of the particles and the green edge-ring growth. Also note the agglomeration in the center particle.

Frame ID: P35

p35

Frame ID: P35

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Fluid coke particles

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Fluid coke particle formed in the fluid coker. Note the signs of agglomeration and the different types of fraction patterns.

Frame ID: P36

p36

Frame ID: P36

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Fluid coke particles

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Fluid coke particle formed in the fluid coker. Note the concentric fracture patterns.

Frame ID: P37

p37

Frame ID: P37

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Fluid coke particles

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Fluid coke particle formed in the fluid coker. Note the signs of agglomeration and the concentric fracture patterns.

Frame ID: P38

p38

Frame ID: P38

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Fluid coke particles

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Fluid coke particle formed in the fluid coker. Note the signs of agglomeration and the concentric fracture patterns.

Frame ID: P39

p39

Frame ID: P39

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Fluid coke particles

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Fluid coke particle formed in the fluid coker showing concentric structure and spoke-like extinction patterns.

Frame ID: P40

p40

Frame ID: P40

Sample ID: Petroleum (Fluid) Coke

Magnification: As given

Illuminator: Vertical

Objective: 50x oil

Polarizer: In

Analyzer: In

Retarder Plate: In

Filter: None

Important Features: Fluid coke particles

High Resolution Image (300 dpi)

Description: Fluid coke particle formed in the fluid coker showing concentric structure and spoke-like extinction patterns.