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The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples

Edited by Curtis A. Palmer
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144


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.

Table 26: Reporting limits, wavelengths, and decomposition technique for coal ash samples by ICP-AES

[S=sinter, M=multi-acid]

Element Wavelength
(nm)
Concentration range Decomposition technique
Aluminum, Al 3092 0.05 to 100% S
Barium, Ba 4554 10 to 100,000 ppm S
Beryllium, Be 3130 2 to 10,000 ppm M
Boron, B 2497 20 to 100,000 ppm S
Calcium, Ca 3179 0.6 to 100% S
Chromium, Cr 2677 11 to 100,000 ppm M
Cobalt, Co 2286 2 to 50.000 ppm M
Copper, Cu 3247 5 to 100,l000 ppm M
Iron, Fe 2714 0.3 to 100% S
Lithium, Li 6707 4 to 100,000 ppm M
Magnesium, Mg 2852 0.02 to 50% S
Manganese, Mn 2576 8 to 100,000 ppm M
Nickel, Ni 2316 5 to 100,000 ppm M
Phophorus, P 2136 0.03 to 100% S
Potassium, K 1999 0.5 to 100% S
Scandium, Sc 4246 4 to 100,000 ppm M
Silicon, Si 2516 0.3 to 100% S
Sodium, Na 5889 0.04 to 100% M
Strontium, Sr 4215 4 to 30,000 ppm M
Thorium, Th 4019 10 to 100,000 ppm M
Titanium, Ti 3349 0.02 to 50% S
Vanadium, V 2924 4 to 60,000 ppm M
Yttrium, Y 3216 4 to 50,000 ppm M
Zinc, Zn 2138 7 to 100,000 ppm M
Zirconium, Zr 3391 20 to 100,000 ppm S
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