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The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples

Edited by Curtis A. Palmer

1997
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144


Compilation of Multitechnique Determinations of 51 Elements in 8 Argonne Premium Coal Samples

By Curtis A. Palmer and Sarah A. Klizas

Table 2. Average concentrations of trace elements in parts per million based on triplicate analyses--continued.

Element and technique Argonne Premium Coal sample
UF PC-1 WY PC-2 IL PC-3 PITT PC-4 POC PC-5 UT PC-6 WV PC-7 ND PC-8
Ga                
ICAP-AES(A)* 5.34 1.91 3.57 3.28 1.80 1.00 9.39 1.16
DCAES(A) 6.2 2.4 4.7 4.7 2.3 1.2 12 1.7
DCAES(C) 10 3 7 5 4 -- -- --
Ge                
ICAP-MS(A)* 4.35 0.36 8.40 1.25 0.29 0.23 1.7 0.37
DCAES(A) 3.6 -- 8.9 1.2 .46 -- [1.1] --
DCAES(C) 4 -- 9 (3) -- -- -- --
As                
INAA(C) 17.1 3.6 4.7 8.42 10.3 .48 6.2 2.63
ICAP-MS(A)* 16.1 2.4 3.8 7.6 9.9 (.33) 6.7 (1.6)
DCAES(A) 30 -- -- 17 15 -- -- --
Se                
INAA(C) 1.92 1.56 4.29 1.5 2.5 1.08 5.4 .58
HGAAS(C) 1.9 2.4 4.1 1.7 3.0 1.3 5.8 .60
Rb                
INAA(C) 19.5 -- 16 7.7 -- .98 29.7 [.93]
ICAP-MS(A)* 22.0 1.80 15.7 8.12 2.11 1.06 36.3 1.41
EDXRF(A) 21.2 3.5 15 9.1 2.3 -- 43.6 --
EDXRF(C) 21 13 20 8 5 3 42 4
Sr                
INAA(C) 49 252 39 61 105 70 60 597
EDXRF(A) 60 260 29.9 68 110 -- 78.0 640
ICAP-AES(A) 59 150 29 64 85 [60] 49 500
ICAP-AES(A)* 58 260 31 64 110 60 62 490
EDXRF(C) 62 294 33 63 85 63 86 780
DCAES(A) 63 220 40 91 110 89 70 630
Y                
EDXRF(A) 10 3.6 4.1 4.9 6.89 -- 21.2 --
ICAP-AES(A) 9.3 3.8 4.2 4.3 6.2 2.0 11 [1.8]
ICAP-AES(A)* 8.1 3.6 4.0 4.0 5.8 2.0 12 2.2
EDXRF(C) -- -- -- -- -- (2) 19 --
DCAES(A) 4.7 3.0 4.7 3.1 4.6 1.8 9.1 2.4
Zr                
ICAP-AES(A)* 24 19 23 18 16 17 69 12
EDXRF(A) 27.3 22.7 22.3 20.5 16.9 -- 80.5 6.5
EDXRF(C) 23 19 23 17 10 18 103 18
DCAES(A) 11 17 17 12 12 11 34 13
DCAES(C) 33 -- 21 24 30 -- -- --
Nb                
ICAP-MS(A)* 2.4 1.4 2.2 1.7 1.1 .57 6.1 .79
EDXRF(A) 2.5 1.0 [2.1] 1.9 .85 -- 8.3 --
EDXRF(C) -- -- -- -- -- -- [13] --
DCAES(A) 1.7 1.4 2.5 1.8 1.1 .51 3.6 .58
Mo                
ICAP-MS(A)* 2.50 .52 6.23 .74 2.67 .42 1.3 .42
DCAES(A) 1.5 .67 5.2 .80 2.2 .48 1.4 .81
Ag                
ICAP-MS(A)* .46 .23 .62 .31 .23 .15 1.2 .16
DCAES(A) .21 .067 .367 .088 .099 .47 .45 --
Cd                
ICAP-MS(A)* .17 .12 .79 .11 .072 .077 .055 .040
GFAAS(A) .071 .094 .61 .061 .078 [.060] .078 .046
Sn                
ICAP-MS(A)* .96 .32 .72 .57 .37 .16 1.7 .38
DCAES(A) 1.67 .86 2.4 1.3 72 .37 1.9 (1.23)
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