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 27: Reporting limits, mass and decomposition technique for coal ash samples by ICP-MS
[S=sinter, M=multi-acid]
| Element | Mass | Concentration range | Decomposition technique |
| Antimony, Sb | 121 | 0.6 to 1,500 | M |
| Arsenic, As | 75 | 1 to 5,000 | M |
| Bismuth, Bi | 209 | 0.5 to 800 | M |
| Cadmium, Cd | 114 | 0.2 to 500 | M |
| Cerium, Ce | 140 | 3 to 6,000 | S |
| Cesium, Cs | 133 | 0.1 to 150 | M |
| Dysprosium, Dy | 163 | 0.2 to 16,000 | S |
| Erbium, Er | 168 | 0.2 to 16,000 | S |
| Europium, Eu | 151 | 0.2 to 10,000 | S |
| Gadolinium, Gd | 157 | 1, to 25,000 | S |
| Gallium, Ga | 69 | 0.3 to 300 | M |
| Germanium, Ge | 74 | 0.6 to 1,700 | M |
| Hafnium, Hf | 178 | 1 to 25,000 | S |
| Holmium, Ho | 165 | 0.5 to 4,000 | S |
| Lanthanum, La | 139 | 2 to 6,000 | S |
| Lead, Pb | 208 | 3 to 700 | M |
| Molybdenum, Mb | 98 | 0.5 to 700 | M |
| Neodymium, Nd | 143 | 2 to 30,000 | S |
| Niobium, Nb | 93 | 2 to 200 | M |
| Praseodymium, Pr | 141 | 0.5 to 4,000 | S |
| Rubidium, Rb | 85 | 0.5 to 230 | M |
| Samarium, Sm | 147 | 0.5 to 30,000 | S |
| Tantalum, Ta | 181 | 1 to 8,000 | S |
| Terbium, Tb | 159 | 0.5 to 4,000 | S |
| Thallium, Tl | 205 | 0.5 to 480 | M |
| Thulium, Tm | 189 | 0.5 to 4,000 | S |
| Tin, Sn | 118 | 3 to 1,100 | M |
| Tungsten, W | 184 | 1 to 30,000 | S |
| Uranium, U | 238 | 0.2 to 950 | M |
| Ytterbium, Yb | 172 | 0.5 to 20,000 | S |
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