Lab Instrumentation and Standard Services

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Metals

Inductively coupled argon plasma spectrometry (ICAP)

Parameter	Method Reference
Total & dissolved metals by ICAP (Al, Sb, As, Ba, Be, B, Cd, Ca, Cr, Co, Cu, Au, Fe, Pb, Li, Mg, Mn, Ni, P, K, Se, Si, Ag, Na, Sr, S, Tl, Sn, V, Zn)	EPA 200.7A, SW846 (series 6000)

Mineralogy

X-ray diffraction spectrometry (XRD)
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF)

Parameter	Method Reference
Proximate (% moisture, % ash, % volatile matter, % fixed carbon)	ASTM D5142-02
Calorific value	ASTM 5865-03
Total sulfur in coal	ASTM D4239-02
Total sulfur in ash	ASTM D5016-98
Total organic carbon	ASTM D5373-02
Major and minor elements in coal and coke ash	ASTM D4326-02
Major and minor elements in limestone and silicate rocks	ASTM C1271-99
Mineralogy	X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence

Water Parameters

UV-visible spectrometry
Conductance
Titrimitry
Ion selective electrode
Classical wet chemistry
Ion chromatography

Coal Quality

Proximate analysis
Total sulfur
Calorific value
Ash mineral analysis

Last Modified on 2023-01-05

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