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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 analyses of the Argonne Premium Coal samples -- continued.

Element UT PC-6-1 UT PC-6-2 UT PC-6-3 WV PC-7-1 WV PC-7-2 WV PC-7-3 ND PC-8-1 ND PC-8-2 ND PC-8-3
Si (%) 16 20 20 22 30 28 5.7 6.6 6.6
Al 6.8 7.8 6.3 17 22 21 2.2 3.0 2.2
Fe 4.6 5.9 5.1 1.8 2.3 2.1 3.7 4.5 3.5
Mg .93 .82 .89 .66 .43 .40 5.5 5.4 5.3
Ca 6.0 6.3 6.3 .40 .31 .49 13 14 15
Na 1.9 1.4 1.4 .19 .18 .19 H 2.6 H
K .47 .31 .36 2.0 1.7 1.8 .40 .35 .41
Ti .40 .43 .40 .95 .91 .90 .18 .18 .20
P <.068 <.068 <.068 .086 <.068 <.068 <.13 .11 .098
Mn .014 .010 .016 .0092 .012 .010 .11 .11 .11
Ag (µg/g) 12 8.9 9.6 2.6 2.2 2.2 <.10 <.10 <.10
As <220 <220 <220 <220 <220 <220 <220 <220 <220
Au <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8
B >1,000 >1,000 >1,000 150 480 250 500 800 810
Ba 750 670 900 660 740 640 5,300 7,400 5,700
Be 3.3 5.2 4.4 15 16 16 2.8 3.5 2.4
Bi <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22
Cd <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22
Ce 160 160 130 130 140 130 <63 <63 <63
Co 15 13 14 3630 31 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.7
Cr 110 85 120 220 180 210 25 25 26
Cu 69 52 66 90 85 68 41 40 75
Dy <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Er <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6
Eu <.68 <.68 2.5 2.4 2.5 4.6 <.68 <.68 <.68
Ga 32 19 28 68 56 59 19 16 20
Gd <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22 <22
Ge <4.6 <4.6 <4.6 5.5 <4.6 6.2 <4.6 <4.6 <4.6
Hf <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Ho <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 3.2 <1.5 1.7 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5
In <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8
Ir <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
La 66 64 62 72 74 64 37 40 39
Lu <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8
Mo 12 8.4 11 7.0 8.4 6.3 8.6 8.2 8.7
Nb 10 11 12 13 19 23 6.6 5.3 6.4
Nd 64 <150 <150 97 100 90 <32 <32 <150
Ni 84 89 87 120 100 110 17 17 22
Os <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Pb 45 36 43 93 81 69 28 22 32
Pd <.68 <.68 <.68 <.68 <.68 <.68 <.68 <.68 <.68
Pr 9.5 9.3 8.4 10 9.3 <6.8 <6.8 <6.8 7.3
Pt <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5
Re <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Rh <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5 <1.5
Ru <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0 <1.0
Sb <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32 <32
Sc 16 15 14 36 31 32 9.2 9.1 10
Sm 8.0 8.2 7.8 8.9 8.7 <3.2 <3.2 <3.2 4.9
Sn 8.8 5.9 9.4 11 8.4 10 <4.6 <4.6 13
Sr 1,800 2,000 2,000 390 320 370 6,200 6300 7300
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 <1015 <10 <10
Tm <3.2 <3.2 <3.2 <3.2 <3.2 <3.2 <3.2 <3.2 <3.2
U <150 <150 <150 <150 <150 <150 <150 <150 <150
V 82 78 79 160 180 150 38 38 37
W <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10 <10
Y 41 42 34 50 52 39 24 27 25
Yb 4.9 4.4 4.6 9.2 7.3 7.1 2.3 2.0 2.1
Zr 260 280 200 200 150 140 130 130 140
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