“…In recent years, however, the micro-FTIR analysis in which the infrared spectrometer is linked to an optical microscope, allowing for micro-area analyses, is more and more common in the petrographic components research (Chen et al, 2012(Chen et al, , 2013Guo & Bustin, 1998;1998a;Mastalerz & Bustin, 1995. The analyses of the Polish bituminous coal using the micro-FTIR method are carried out since recently (Hacura et al, 2003;Komorek, 2013Komorek, , 2013aMorga, 2010Morga, , 2010aMorga, , 2011. The FTIR method allows to determine the functional groups in individual petrographic components of coal and their derivatives (Guo & Bustin, 1998, 1998aGuo et al, 1996;Hacura et al, 2003;Iglesias et al, 1995;Komorek, 2013Komorek, , 2013aMastalerz & Bustin, 1995;, 1997Morga, 2010Morga, , 2010aMorga, , 2011.…”