ISO 7404-1:2025

Coal — Methods for petrographic analysis — Part 1: Vocabulary

Publication date:   Oct 27, 2025

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60.60   Standard published   Oct 27, 2025

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ISO/TC 27/SC 5 Methods of analysis

International Standard

01.040.73   Mining and minerals (Vocabularies) | 73.040   Coals

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Scope

This document defines terms that are used in connection with both maceral and microlithotype analyses, and with the determination of the reflectance of vitrinite. It applies to the terms used in the examination of coal of all ranks and types.
This document is not intended to be a comprehensive glossary of coal petrographic terminology, nor does it attempt to provide sufficient information to allow recognition of all the coal components described.

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ISO 7404-1:2025
60.60 Standard published
Oct 27, 2025