Subbituminous Coal
WEBA Wyodak subbituminous coal and an Illinois bituminous coal have been studied as precursors. The ground coals (−850 μm) were reacted with 50% strength H 3 PO 4 (4:1 ratio of acid solution to asreceived coal) in two temperature stages. For the subbituminous coal, the first stage involved refluxing the coalacid mixture for 60 min, .