US Geological Survey Bulletin 2144 Selected Elements Table 6

Determination of Selected Elements in Coal Ash from Eight Argonne Premium Coal Samples by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and Atomic Emission Spectrometry

Table 6. Major-element concentrations (in weight percent) in coal ash from eight Argonne Premium Coal samples.

[Element concentrations were determined by inductively coupled argon plasma-atomic emission spectrometry]

Coal ash	Al	Ca	Fe	K	Mg	Na	P	Ti
UF PC-1-1	11.9	3.31	13.8	2.10	0.61	0.24	0.056	0.58
UF PC-1-2	11.9	3.30	14.0	2.10	.61	.24	.059	.59
UF PC-1-3	11.8	3.28	13.6	2.10	.61	.24	.061	.58
WY PC-2-1	8.18	14.2	4.21	.33	2.83	1.40	.31	.66
WY PC-2-2	8.21	13.6	4.46	.33	2.78	1.37	.29	.66
WY PC-2-3	8.26	14.3	4.28	.31	2.81	1.40	.30	.65
IL PC-3-1	7.75	5.82	16.8	1.20	.47	.60	.036	.43
IL PC-3-2	7.70	5.96	16.4	1.20	.48	.61	.037	.43
IL PC-3-3	7.72	6.00	17.2	1.20	.47	.58	.037	.42
PITT PC-4-1	10.8	2.29	14.6	1.20	.41	.35	.12	.62
PITT PC-4-2	10.9	2.23	14.3	1.20	.41	.35	.12	.61
PITT PC-4-3	10.8	2.21	14.2	1.20	.40	.34	.12	.60
POC PC-5-1	10.4	8.75	9.67	.51	1.06	1.57	.042	.72
POC PC-5-2	10.4	8.53	9.52	.53	1.04	1.57	.041	.72
POC PC-5-3	10.3	8.53	9.50	.53	1.04	1.54	.040	.72
UT PC-6-1	7.56	9.07	6.16	.30	.64	2.75	.020	.50
UT PC-6-2	7.50	8.70	6.09	.30	.65	2.70	.021	.49
WV PC-7-1	16.1	.29	2.04	2.52	.48	.17	.046	1.34
WV PC-7-2	16.4	.30	1.96	2.58	.49	.18	.045	1.34
WV PC-7-3	16.3	.30	1.95	2.55	.49	.18	.038	1.34
ND PC-8-1	4.17	16.0	4.91	.13	4.16	4.84	.13	.21
ND PC-8-2	4.22	16.1	4.95	.16	4.16	4.89	.13	.20
ND PC-8-3	4.25	16.5	5.05	.15	4.26	5.00	.13	.21