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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
Sb                
INAA(C) .531 .191 .877 .233 .539 .107 .521 .153
ICAP-MS(A)* .49 .16 .79 .20 .27 .089 .56 .16
Cs                
INAA(C) 1.52 .191 .877 .70 .262 .130 1.86 .086
ICAP-MS(A)* 1.89 .19 1.4 .80 .22 .14 2.33 .10
Ba                
INAA(C) 61 310 94 47 198 36 133 680
EDXRF(A) 52 270 74.5 35.7 180 -- 110 460
ICAP-AES(A) 55 15 81 41 16 31 120 420
ICAP-AES(A)* 56 290 82 39 210 35 120 530
EDXRF(C) 60 410 121 30 140 29 210 1030
DCAES(A) 41 320 60 38 210 36 130 580
DCAES(C) 81 250 120 66 450 -- -- --
La                
INAA(C) 10.1 5.35 6.10 6.15 6.76 3.31 21.5 2.82
ICAP-MS(A)* 7.7 4.0 5.9 4.6 5.67 2.5 17 1.9
EDXRF(A) 8.2 -- -- [4.4] 2.2 -- 17 --
EDXRF(C) 16 6 15 9 5 10 16 8
DCAES(A) 6.9 6.1 9.3 5.8 7.2 2.9 14 3.7
Ce                
INAA(C) 18.3 9.4 12.6 11.3 11.6 4.81 35.8 4.45
ICAP-MS(A)* 17.6 8.0 12 10.3 11.3 4.7 37.1 4.1
EDXRF(A) 17.0 [5.2] 7.2 9.0 7.6 -- 29.9 --
EDXRF(C) 40 25 40 17 10 15 55 19
DCAES(A) (10) 9 (28) -- 12 6.9 26 --
Pr                
ICAP-MS(A) 1.93 .926 1.3 1.12 1.29 .546 4.06 .43
DCAES(A) -- -- -- -- -- .42 [1.87] --
Nd                
INAA(C) (8.0) -- -- -- -- 2.0 11.9 2.3
ICAP-MS(A)* 7.5 3.6 5.2 4.3 5.1 2.1 15 1.5
DCAES(A) 8 -- (6.5) 3.9 6.0 (2.9) 19 --
Sm                
INAA(C) 1.97 .978 1.20 1.10 1.22 .508 3.52 .409
ICAP-MS(A)* 1.55 .71 1.0 .83 .995 .37 2.80 .26
DCAES(A) -- -- -- -- .76 .37 [1.7] (.47)
Eu                
INAA(C) .398 .198 .226 .214 .234 .099 .674 .081
ICAP-MS(A)* .34 .17 .20 .17 .21 .084 .61 .054
DCAES(A) -- -- -- -- -- (.11) .61 --
Tb                
INAA(C) .262 .120 .138 .132 .167 .058 .400 .056
ICAP-MS(A)* .23 .10 .14 .11 .16 .055 .40 .055
Yb                
INAA(C) .88 .42 .52 .470 .555 .204 1.61 .287
ICAP-MS(A)* .81 .37 .52 .43 .572 .20 1.5 .23
DCAES(A) .84 .29 .61 .54 .45 .21 1.5 .20
Hf                
INAA(C) .66 .601 .55 .50 .438 .478 1.83 .341
ICAP-MS(A)* .85 .68 .76 .61 .56 .56 2.3 .42
Ta                
INAA(C) .219 .146 .191 .166 .116 .048 .641 .092
ICAP-MS(A)* .20 .12 .18 .13 .11 .046 .583 --
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