Currently, pulverized coal is blown into blast furnaces to reduce the amount of coke used in the steelmaking process. On the other hand, in recent years, the grade of coal has been declining due to the increase in the use of coal, and the company has been forced to respond to the diversification of coal types. Therefore, in this study, we used a batch furnace to prepare three types of coal char, and then the cross-sectional observation of the char by SEM and specific surface area analysis by BET method using N2 were carried out. Coal with porous particles and high specific surface area values was found to have very high gasification reactivity for both CO2 and H2, while coal with balloon-type particles with large cavities inside the particles and low specific surface area values was found to have lower gasification reactivity.
