%0 Research Notes
%T Rapid analysis of important fuel proper­ties of peat by FT-IR spectroscopy
%A Aho, Martti
%A Korpelainen, Pekka
%D 1989
%J Suo - Mires and peat
%V 40
%N 4
%U http://suo.fi/article/9664
%X Several important fuel properties of peat were rapidly determined by FT-IR spectroscopy, using the multicomponent analysis program CIRCOM. The following correlations (r2) were found between FT-IR data and data obtained by traditional analytical methods, for 16 standard peat samples: calorific value 0.93, carbon content 0.95, volatiles 0.92 and nitrogen content 0.98. Determinations of hydrogen and ash contents in peat did not give satisfactory results (r2 = < 0.7).

Keywords: FT-IR spectroscopy, fuel analysis, peat