Constituent
Name
Anthracite
Family
covalent network solid
Class
tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type
complex macromolecular mixture
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$C$ Carbon atom 0.919 main
$O$ Oxygen atom impurity
$H$ Hydrogen atom main
Composition comments
Anthracite was obtained from the Musée de la Mure (France). It is made of 91.9 % carbon, almost no oxygen atom, and is composed of graphite-like domains connected to less-organized polyaromatic matter (Albiniak et al., 1996).
Phase type
unknown