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

By Michael W. Doughten

Table 7. Comparison of element concentrations in NIST standard reference material 1633 determined in this study with certified values and with concentrations detemined in other studies.

[Concentrations for the first 14 elements are in micrograms per gram (µg/g); others are in weight percent. Methods used in this study: ICAP-AES, inductively coupled argon plasma-atomic emission spectrometry; GFAAS, graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry; FAAS, flame atomic absorption spectrometry. NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). Certified and information values for NIST 1633 are from NBS (1975). --, no data]

Element This study NBS (1975)1 Gladney and others (1987) Kane (1989) Ondov and others (1975) Rowe and Steinnes (1977)
Method Conc.
Ba (µg/g) ICAP-AES 2,700 -- 2,665±160 -- 2,700±200 2,540
Be ICAP-AES 11 -- 12.1±1.0 -- -- --
Cd GFAAS 1.5 1.45±0.06 1.47±0.15 1.56±0.26 -- --
Co FAAS 41 38 40±3 -- 41.5±1.2 40.3±0.4
Cr ICAP-AES 130 131±2 127±10 -- 127±6 129.2±2.7
Cu ICAP-AES 130 128±5 129±7 130±6 -- 115±8
Li FAAS 160 -- 170±80 170±13 -- --
Mn ICAP-AES 510 493±7 494±20 496±34 496±19 488±14
Ni ICAP-AES 94 98±7 98±6 -- 98±9 69±7
Pb GFAAS 70 70±4 72±6 67±4 75±5 --
Sr ICAP-AES 1,400 1,430±60 1,380±100 -- 1,700±300 1,430±60
V ICAP-AES 220 214±8 224±24 -- 235±13 237±20
Y ICAP-AES 66 -- 64±4 -- 62±10 --
Zn ICAP-AES 210 210±20 211±11 210±10 216±25 201±6
Al (%) ICAP-AES 11.9 -- 12.6±0.6 -- 12.7±0.5 12.35±0.25
Ca ICAP-AES 4.58 -- 4.65±0.34 -- 4.7±0.6 4.69±0.14
Fe ICAP-AES 6.05 -- 6.16±0.27 -- 6.2±0.3 6.2±0.05
K ICAP-AES 1.80 1.72 1.69±0.09 -- 1.61±0.15 1.80±0.13
Mg ICAP-AES 1.33 1.98 1.5±0.3 1.17±0.049 1.8±0.4 1.78±0.2
Na ICAP-AES .31 .307 .313±0.02 .295±0.023 .32±0.04 .283±0.014
P ICAP-AES .12 -- .101±0.018 -- -- --
Ti ICAP-AES .77 -- .71±0.05 -- .74±0.03 .70±0.03

1Values with no error listed are NIST information values; all others are NIST certified values.

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