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The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples

Edited by Curtis A. Palmer

1997
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144

pdf2.gif (990 bytes)This manual presents analytical data from currently recommended procedures as well as procedures used in the 1980s by the geochemical laboratories of the U.S. Geological Survey for the chemical characterization of coal and a comparison of the results of these procedures for the Argonne Premium Coal samples.


CONTENTS

The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples: An Introduction By Curtis A. Palmer
Rehydration of Desiccated Argonne Premium Coal Samples: By Marta R. Krasnow and Robert B. Finkelman
Determination of 62 Elements in 8 Argonne Premium Coal Ash Samples by Automated Semiquantitative Direct-Current Arc Atomic Emission Spectrography: By Carol J. Skeen, B.J. Libby, and W.B. Crandell
Determination of 18 Elements in 5 Whole Argonne Premium Coal Samples by Quantitative Direct-Current Arc Atomic Emission Spectrography: By Janet D. Fletcher and Carol J. Skeen
Determination of Major and Trace Elements in Eight Argonne Premium Coal Samples (Ash and Whole Coal) by X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry: By John R. Evans, George A. Sellers, Robert G. Johnson, Davison V. Vivit, and Judy Kent
Determination of 29 Elements in 8 Argonne Premium Coal Samples by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis: By Curtis A. Palmer
Determination of Selected Elements in Coal Ash from Eight Argonne Premium Coal Samples by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and Atomic Emission Spectrometry: By Michael W. Doughten
Determination of 25 Elements in Coal Ash from 8 Argonne Premium Coal Samples by Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry: By Paul H. Briggs
Determination of 33 Elements in Coal Ash from 8 Argonne Premium Coal Samples by Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma-Mass Spectrometry: By Allen L. Meier
Determination of Mercury and Selenium in Eight Argonne Premium Coal Samples by Cold-Vapor and Hydride-Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry: By Richard M. O'Leary
Determination of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen in Eight Argonne Premium Coal Samples by Using a Gas Chromatographic Analyzer with a Thermal Conductivity Detector: By Carol J. Skeen and Zoe A. Brown
Compilation of Multitechnique Determinations of 51 Elements in 8 Argonne Premium Coal Samples: By Curtis A. Palmer and Sarah A. Klizas

APPENDICES

Appendix 1. Comparison of the Concentrations of 51 Elements Determined by Multiple Analytical Techniques in 8 Argonne Premium Coal Samples
Appendix 2. Statistical Parameters for the Data in Appendix 1

RELATED ARTICLES

Arsenic, antimony, and selenium by flow injection or continuous flow-hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry: By Philip L. Hageman and Eric Welsch
Mercury in whole coal and bological tissue by continuous flow-cold vapor-atomic absorption spectrometry: By Richard M. O'Leary
Coal ash by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: By Allen L. Meier, Frederick E. Lichte, Paul H. Briggs, and John H. Bullock, Jr.

CONVERSION FACTORS

Both metric and inch-pound units are used by the different authors. Conversion factors are given below.

Multiply By To obtain
Length
nanometer (nm) 0.03937 x 10-6 inch
micrometer (µm) 0.03937 x 10-3 inch
millimeter (mm) 0.03937 inch
meter (m) 3.281 foot
inch 25.4 millimeter
Mass
picogram (pg) 1.543 x 10-11 grain
nanogram (ng) 1.543 x 10-8 grain
microgram (µg) 1.543 x 10-5 grain
milligram (mg) 1.543 x 10-2 grain
gram (g) 0.03527 ounce avoirdupois
Volume
microliter (µl) 0.016 minims
milliliter (mL) 0.0338 fluid ounce
cubic centimeter (cm3) 0.06102 cubic inch
Flow
liter per minute (L/min) 0.2642 gallon/minute
Force per unit area
pound per square inch (lb/in2) 6,895 pascal

For temperature conversions from degrees Celsius (°C) to degrees Fahrenheit (°F), use the following:

(1.8°C) + 32 = °F

Standard reference materials.-- The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was renamed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1988. In this report, standard reference materials from this agency are called NIST 1632a and so on, and the certificates of analysis of the reference materials are cited as National Bureau of Standards publications.

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