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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 concentrations determined by direct-current arc spectrographic anlayses of the Argonne Premium Coal samples -- continued.

Element PITT PC-4-1 PITT PC-4-2 PITT PC-4-3 POC PC-5-1 POC PC-5-2 POC PC-5-3
Si (%) 26 29 32 18 17 19
Al 24 21 24 12 14 14
Fe 19 20 22 9.8 8.3 10
Mg .71 .70 97 1.9 2.0 2.0
Ca 5.0 3.6 4.7 10 11 12
Na .42 .36 .40 2.4 2.4 2.5
K 1.4 1.3 1.5 .65 .63 .73
Ti .64 .57 .64 .53 .47 .58
P <.068 <.068 <.068 <.068 <.068 <.068
Mn .033 .041 .042 .045 .043 .050
Ag (µg/g) .95 .94 1.0 1.8 1.8 2.0
As 210 180 160 350 210 270
Au <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8
B 530 580 570 320 310 360
Ba 390 370 490 3,600 3,600 4,900
Be 12 13 13 14 11 13
Bi 22 17 <10 <10 <10 <10
Cd <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32
Ce <200 <200 <200 220 190 270
Co 31 25 30 45 44 56
Cr 220 190 220 170 150 180
Cu 58 89 66 420 290 380
Dy <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22
Er <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6
Eu <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <4.2 <2.2
Ga 57 43 54 42 40 47
Gd <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32
Ge 13 13 12 8.7 8.2 9.2
Hf <150 <150 <150 <15 <15 <15
Ho <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8
In <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Ir <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
La 60 66 62 130 130 150
Lu <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Mo 9.4 7.4 9.0 37 41 46
Nb 18 22 18 24 14 22
Nd 47 46 35 100 130 110
Ni 150 130 150 120 110 140
Os <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Pb 79 75 84 220 160 220
Pd <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0
Pr <100 <100 <100 <100 <100 <100
Pt <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2 <2.2
Re <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Rh <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
Sb <68 <68 <68 <68 <68 <68
Sc 20 19 22 24 24 28
Sm <10 <10 <10 14 13 16
Sn 18 11 13 2,800 550 720
Sr 960 900 1,100 2,000 1,900 2,300
Ta <320 <320 <320 <320 <320 <320
Tb <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32
Th <46 <46 <46 <46 <46 <46
Tl <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Tm <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6
U <220 <220 <220 <220 <220 <220
V 130 130 150 130 120 150
W <15 <15 <15 <15 <15 <15
Y 31 36 33 86 81 92
Yb 6.9 5.5 5.2 8.7 8.8 7.9
Zr 110 160 120 250 200 220
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