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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
W                
INAA(C) 1.06 .38 1.52 .78 .84 .42 1.68 .35
ICAP-MS(A)* 1.2 .46 1.62 .86 1.1 .51 [1.6] .36
Pb                
GFAAS(A) 7.4 2.9 6.5 2.9 2.4 [1.6] 12 1.5
ICAP-MS(A)* 7.6 1.6 8.5 3.8 1.7 1.5 12 1.6
DCAES(A) 10 3.4 14 7.3 11 1.9 16 2.6
DCAES(C) 8 -- 8 4 5 -- -- --
Bi                
ICAP-MS(A*) .12 .053 [.088] .12 .052 .035 .23 --
DCAES(A) -- -- -- [1.8] -- -- -- --
Th                
INAA(C) 2.26 1.71 1.96 1.48 1.16 .615 6.41 1.07
ICAP-AES(A)* 2.7 1.4 2.2 1.6 1.2 .58 6.4 .7
U                
INAA(C) .83 .54 4.27 .39 .51 .74 1.64 [.49]
ICAP-MS(A)* 1.2 .63 6.46 .57 .631 .852 2.16 .45
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