Abstract
A new method is described for the direct mass spectrometric analysis of the products of coal supercritical fluid extraction processes. Coal placed in an extraction cell was elevated to supercritical conditions with pressure regulation by a high pressure pump. The extracted products were continuously analysed by direct fluid injection into a mass spectrometer chemical ionization ion source. The extraction process was observed as a function of pressure to determine threshold pressures for individual solutes or as a function of temperature at constant pressure. The method was demonstrated for a supercritical fluid extraction of a bituminous coal by a mixture of n-pentane and 2-propanol at 280 °C and 0.5–10 MPa.
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