Appendix A


The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) classification scheme for coal rank, referred to in places throughout this report, is shown below.

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Figure 12 Classification of coal by rank. Coal maturity increases from lignite to anthracite

Source: modified after Wood et al. (1983)

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8 January 2018