| Property |
Bitumens |
| Gilsonite |
TLA |
Petroleum pitch |
Oil shale kerogen |
| Carbon, wt. % |
84.36 |
50.38 |
84.44 |
80.5 |
| Hydrogen, wt. % |
10.05 |
6.06 |
9.19 |
10.3 |
| Nitrogen, wt. % |
3.25 |
0.72 |
0.43 |
2.4 |
| Sulfur, wt. % |
0.27 |
4.14 |
5.69 |
1.0 |
| Oxygen, wt. % |
1.36 |
4.71 |
3.24 |
5.8 |
| H/C, atomic ratio |
1.44 |
1.44 |
1.31 |
1.53 |
| O/C, atomic ratio |
0.01 |
0.07 |
0.02 |
0.05 |
| C/N, atomic ratio |
39.05 |
104.75 |
305.65 |
50.37 |
| S/C, atomic ratio |
0.01 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
| Heating value (Btu/Lb) |
17,812 |
10,627 |
17,421 |
17,080 |
| Organic matter, wt. % |
99.32 |
66.01 |
100 |
100 |
| Inorganic matter, wt. % |
0.68 |
33.99 |
0 |
0 |
| References |
This work |
[64] |
[65] |
[66] |
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