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The Chemical Analysis of Argonne Premium Coal Samples

Edited by Curtis A. Palmer

1997
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2144

Determination of 62 Elements in 8 Argonne Premium Coal Ash Samples by Automated Semiquantitative Direct-Current Arc Atomic Emission Spectrography

By Carol J. Skeen, B.J. Libby, and W.B. Crandell

Table 3*. Element conecentrations determined by direct-current arc spectrographic analyses of the Argonne Premium Coal samples.

[Concentrations are in precentages (%) for the first 10 elements and in micrograms per gram (µg/g) for the other 52 elements. H, interference]

Element UF PC-1-1 UF PC-1-2 UF PC-1-3 WY PC-2-1 WY PC-2-2 WY PC-2-3 IL PC-3-1 IL PC-3-2 IL PC-3-3
Si (%) 22 22 25 15 15 17 22 20 25
Al 15 19 19 5.0 6.4 7.2 12 12 13
Fe 12 9.9 13 3.0 3.0 3.6 14 14 16
Mg .98 1.1 1.2 3.9 4.6 4.4 .69 .68 .77
Ca 5.1 4.4 4.7 12 15 17 9.6 9.4 11
Na .31 .35 .34 1.4 1.9 1.4 .99 .89 .91
K 2.3 2.1 2.2 .36 .44 .36 1.5 1.6 1.7
Ti .45 .29 .44 .35 .43 .48 .38 .40 .45
P <.068 <.068 <.068 .24 .31 .39 <.068 <.068 <.068
Mn .041 .038 .043 .049 .032 .036 .066 .064 .070
Ag (µg/g) 1.4 1.5 1.6 .65 .85 .88 2.2 2.6 2.4
As 230 280 160 <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 100
Au <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8
B 140 350 180 870 740 860 730 680 780
Ba 300 320 290 3,400 3,700 4,200 320 330 470
Be 11 8.9 11 1.6 1.6 1.8 5.5 5.9 6.6
Bi <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Cd <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32
Ce <63 74 <63 74 120 110 <200 <200 170
Co 28 22 29 12 17 16 22 21 26
Cr 160 130 140 56 74 70 220 220 260
Cu 130 120 140 130 160 160 82 69 58
Dy <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22
Er <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6
Eu <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2
Ga 45 47 47 26 31 29 29 27 31
Gd <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32
Ge 26 25 29 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 52 52 60
Hf <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Ho <68 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8
In <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Ir <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
La 64 39 50 56 77 84 54 55 63
Lu <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Mo 12 9.3 12 7.6 7.8 8.2 34 30 32
Nb 12 10 15 14 15 21 12 14 20
Nd 75 <32 37 <68 <68 <68 <68 <68 40
Ni 100 95 110 57 64 64 130 120 150
Os <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Pb 77 74 82 31 48 41 87 78 88
Pd <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0
Pr <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 <100
Pt <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2
Re <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Rh <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2
Ru <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2
Sb <68 <68 <68 <68 <68 <68 <68 <68 <68
Sc 19 11 16 12 17 18 16 16 17
Sm <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Sn 13 12 12 6.4 10 14 10 15 20
Sr 490 420 490 2,000 2,800 3,100 250 230 270
Ta <320 <320 <320 <320 <320 <320 <320 <320 <320
Tb <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32
Th <46 <46 <46 <46 <46 <46 <46 <46 <46
Tl <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Tm <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6
U <220 <220 <220 <220 <220 <220 <220 <200 <200
V 130 99 130 86 110 120 140 140 160
W <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Y 46 22 36 28 36 42 27 29 32
Yb 6.2 6.1 6.4 2.7 3.5 4.1 3.5 3.6 4.2
Zr 96 55 90 140 200 250 86 96 140

*Table 3 continued on next two pages.

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