AS 1038.10.0-2002

1 - AS 1038.10.0-2002 COAL AND COKE-ANALYSIS AND TESTING - DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS-GUIDE TO THE DETERMINATION OF TRACE...
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - 1 SCOPE
6 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
6 - 3 DEFINITIONS
7 - 4 ABBREVIATIONS
7 - 5 DISCUSSION OF METHODS
7 - 5.1 General
7 - 5.2 Arsenic and selenium
7 - 5.3 Boron
7 - 5.4 Beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, vanadium, zinc, thorium and uranium
7 - 5.4.1 General
8 - 5.4.2 Radionuclides
8 - 5.5 Chlorine
8 - 5.6 Fluorine
8 - 5.7 Mercury
9 - 6 USE OF CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS
9 - 7 SENSITIVITY AND REPORTING
10 - 8 REPORTING OF RESULTS
11 - 9 PRECISION
11 - 10 TEST REPORT
12 - APPENDIX A - SCHEME OF ANALYSIS FOR TRACE ELEMENTS
13 - APPENDIX B - RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS - BORATE FUSION/INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA...
13 - B1 SCOPE
13 - B2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
13 - B3 DEFINITIONS
13 - B4 PRINCIPLE
13 - B5 SAFETY
14 - B6 REAGENTS
14 - B6.1 General
14 - B6.2 Fusion mixture
14 - B6.3 Nitric acid
14 - B6.4 1:1 Nitric acid
14 - B6.5 Standard stock solution
14 - B6.6 Composite standard solution
14 - B6.7 Calibration solutions
15 - B7 APPARATUS
15 - B7.1 Muffle furnace
15 - B7.2 Crucible
15 - B7.3 Silica plate
15 - B7.4 Plastic bottle
15 - B7.5 Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer
15 - B8 SAMPLE
15 - B8.1 General
15 - B8.2 Equilibration of the sample
15 - B9 PROCEDURE
15 - B9.1 Blank determination
15 - B9.2 Dissolution procedure
16 - B9.3 Calibration of the inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer
16 - B9.4 Determination of trace elements
17 - B10 CALCULATION
18 - APPENDIX C - RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS - ACID DIGESTION/INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS..
18 - C1 SCOPE
18 - C2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
18 - C3 DEFINITIONS
18 - C4 PRINCIPLE
18 - C5 SAFETY
18 - C6 REAGENTS
18 - C6.1 General
19 - C6.2 Hydrofluoric acid
19 - C6.3 Nitric acid
19 - C6.4 Hydrochloric acid
19 - C6.5 Standard stock solutions
19 - C6.6 Composite standard solution (1 µg/mL)
19 - C6.7 Dilute composite standard solution ( 0.1 µg/mL)
19 - C6.8 Calibration solutions
20 - C7 APPARATUS
20 - C7.1 Muffle furnace
20 - C7.2 Silica ashing dish
20 - C7.3 Silica plate
20 - C7.4 Microwave oven
20 - C7.5 Digestion vessels
20 - C7.6 Plastic bottle
20 - C7.7 Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer
20 - C8 SAMPLE
20 - C8.1 General
20 - C8.2 Equilibration of the sample
20 - C9 PROCEDURE
20 - C9.1 Dissolution procedure
21 - C9.2 Calibration of the inductively coupled mass spectrometer
22 - C9.3 Determination of trace elements
22 - C9.4 Correction factors
23 - C10 CALCULATION

Sets out a comparison of methods used for the determination of trace elements in coal and coal ash.

This Guide compares methods used for the determination of trace elements in coal and coal ash. The trace elements include those elements listed in the Australian National Pollutant Inventory: arsenic, beryllium, boron, cadmium, chlorine, chromium, cobalt, copper, fluorine, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium and zinc. Also included are vanadium and molybdenum; these trace elements are not listed in the National Pollutant Inventory Environment Australia,* but are listed as being of major or moderate concern by the United States Research Council. To this list can be added the radioactive trace elements, thorium and uranium.

First published as AS 1038.10.0-2002.Reconfirmed 2013. First published as AS 1038.10.0-2002