Research Article

Changes in Pore Structure of Coal Caused by CS2 Treatment and Its Methane Adsorption Response

Table 2

Pore volumes of the untreated and CS2-treated coals.

SamplePore volume (10−2 cm3/g)Percentage of pore volume (%)

Haitian coalUntreated1.99930.42172.27002.22686.917828.90056.095932.813932.1897
CS2-treated2.29540.44522.24412.32037.305031.42236.094530.720131.7632
Tucheng coalUntreated1.88980.52511.12720.76754.309643.850912.184426.155617.8091
CS2-treated4.72731.05331.29540.84477.920759.682913.298116.354610.6645
Yuni coalUntreated8.96321.29641.18580.800312.245773.194710.58669.68346.5354
CS2-treated11.53811.32121.20220.765914.827477.81618.91058.10805.1654
Linyuan coalUntreated5.16261.05881.42580.95658.603760.004412.306316.571911.1173
CS2-treated21.71672.43501.48670.816626.455082.08929.20435.61973.0868
Jinjia coalUntreated7.20690.98511.00270.66329.857973.10799.993010.17156.7276
CS2-treated7.42851.00970.98630.55059.975074.471210.12239.88775.5188

ma: macropore; me: mesopore; tr: transitional pore; mi: micropore; cu: cumulative pore.