ASTM D4239-18e1
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Sulfur in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke Using High-Temperature Tube Furnace Combustion
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke Using High-Temperature Tube Furnace Combustion
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 Sulfur is part of the ultimate analysis of coal and coke.
4.2 Results of the sulfur analysis are used for evaluation of coal preparation and cleaning, evaluation of potential sulfur emissions from coal and coke combustion or conversion processes, and evaluation of coal and coke quality in relation to contract specifications, as well as for scientific purposes.
4.3 The competency of laboratories with respect to use of this standard can be established through reference to Practice D7448.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the determination of sulfur in samples of coal or coke by high-temperature tube furnace combustion.
1.1.1 Two analysis methods are described.
1.2 When automated equipment is used, either method can be classified as an instrumental method.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses after SI units are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.4 All percentages are percent mass fractions unless otherwise noted.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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Standard Test Method for
Sulfur in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke Using High-
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Temperature Tube Furnace Combustion
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D4239; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
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ε NOTE—Table 1 was corrected editorially in October 2018.
1. Scope* D2013/D2013M Practice for Preparing Coal Samples for
Analysis
1.1 This test method covers the determination of sulfur in
D3173/D3173M Test Method for Moisture in the Analysis
samples of coal or coke by high-temperature tube furnace
Sample of Coal and Coke
combustion.
D3176 Practice for Ultimate Analysis of Coal and Coke
1.1.1 Two analysis methods are described.
D3180 Practice for Calculating Coal and Coke Analyses
1.2 When automated equipment is used, either method can
from As-Determined to Different Bases
be classified as an instrumental method.
D7448 Practice for Establishing the Competence of Labora-
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as tories Using ASTM Procedures in the Sampling and
Analysis of Coal and Coke
standard. The values given in parentheses after SI units are
provided for information only and are not considered standard. D7582 Test Methods for Proximate Analysis of Coal and
Coke by Macro Thermogravimetric Analysis
1.4 All percentages are percent mass fractions unless other-
E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
wise noted.
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
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2.2 ISO Standard:
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
ISO 5725-6 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measure-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
ment methods and results—Part 6: Use in practice of
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
accuracy values
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
ISO 11722 Solid mineral fuels—Hard coal—Determination
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
of moisture in the general analysis test sample by drying
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
in nitrogen
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
3. Summary of Test Method
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
3.1 Combustion Method A (1350 °C)—A weighed test por-
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
tion of sample is burned in a tube furnace at a minimum
combustion tube operating temperature of 1350 °C in a stream
2. Referenced Documents
of oxygen. During combustion at temperatures above 1350 °C,
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
the sulfur and sulfur compounds contained in the sample are
D346/D346M Practice for Collection and Preparation of
decomposed and oxidized almost exclusively to gaseous sulfur
Coke Samples for Laboratory Analysis
dioxide, SO . Moisture and particulates are removed from the
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gas by filters. The gas stream is passed through a cell in which
sulfur dioxide is measured by an infrared (IR) absorption
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D05 on Coal
detector. Sulfur dioxide absorbs IR energy at a precise wave-
and Coke and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D05.21 on Methods of
Analysis. length within the IR spectrum. Energy is absorbed as the gas
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2018. Published October 2018. Originally
passes through the cell body in which the IR energy is being
approved in 1983. Last previous edition approved in 2017 as D4239 – 17. DOI:
10.1520/D4239-18E01.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Available from International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1, ch. de
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on la Voie-Creuse, Case postale 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://
the ASTM website. www.iso.ch.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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transmitted: thus, at the detector, less energy is received. All 4.2 Results of the sulf
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