Metathesis in the generation of low-temperature gas in marine shales

Table 2 Coefficients of correlation (R²) between five reaction variables, Mowry shale, 11 hours at 100°C.

	log Q	log Q*	Product AMW	Sum wt	time
log Q	1
log Q*	0.81	1
Product AMW	0.7	0.95	1
Sum wt	0.88	0.95	0.89	1
time	-0.67	-0.9	-0.98	-0.98	1

Data was taken from Mowry 1, Table 1. Most correlations (R²) are nonlinear. The coefficients of correlation are for curves that best fit the data: log Q vs Sum wt fits an exponential curve; log Q vs time fits a power curve; Sum wt vs time fits an exponential curve; Product AMW vs time fits a logarithmic curve.

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