ASTM D6349-01
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Determination of Major and Minor Elements in Coal, Coke, and Solid Residues from Combustion of Coal and Coke by Inductively Coupled Plasma—Atomic Emission Spectrometry
Standard Test Method for Determination of Major and Minor Elements in Coal, Coke, and Solid Residues from Combustion of Coal and Coke by Inductively Coupled Plasma—Atomic Emission Spectrometry
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1.1 This test method covers a procedure for the analysis of the commonly determined major and minor elements in coal, coke, and solid residues from combustion of coal and coke. These residues may be laboratory ash, bottom ash, fly ash, flue gas desulfurization sludge, and other combustion process residues.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.
1.3 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 and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: D 6349 – 01
Standard Test Method for
Determination of Major and Minor Elements in Coal, Coke,
and Solid Residues from Combustion of Coal and Coke by
Inductively Coupled Plasma—Atomic Emission
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Spectrometry
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 6349; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3. Summary of Test Method
1.1 This test method covers a procedure for the analysis of 3.1 The sample to be analyzed is ashed under standard
the commonly determined major and minor elements in coal, conditionsandignitedtoconstantweight.Theashisfusedwith
coke, and solid residues from combustion of coal and coke. a fluxing agent followed by dissolution of the melt in dilute
These residues may be laboratory ash, bottom ash, fly ash, flue acid solution. Alternatively, the ash is digested in a mixture of
gas desulfurization sludge, and other combustion process hydrofluoric, nitric, and hydrochloric acids. The solution is
residues. analyzedbyinductivelycoupledplasma-atomicemissionspec-
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the trometry (ICP) for the elements. The basis of the method is the
standard. measurement of atomic emissions. Aqueous solutions of the
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the samples are nebulized, and a portion of the aerosol that is
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the produced is transported to the plasma torch where excitation
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- and emission occurs. Characteristic line emission spectra are
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- produced by a radio-frequency inductively coupled plasma. A
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. gratingmonochromatorsystemisusedtoseparatetheemission
lines, and the intensities of the lines are monitored by photo-
2. Referenced Documents
mutilplier tube or photodiode array detection. The photocur-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
rents from the detector are processed and controlled by a
D 346 Practice for Collection and Preparation of Coke
computer system. A background correction technique is re-
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Samples for Laboratory Analysis quired to compensate for variable background contribution to
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D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water
the determination of elements. Background must be measured
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D 2013 Method of Preparing Coal Samples for Analysis adjacent to analyte lines of samples during analysis. The
D 3173 Test Method for Moisture in theAnalysis Sample of
positionselectedforthebackgroundintensitymeasurement,on
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Coal and Coke eitherorbothsidesoftheanalyticalline,willbedeterminedby
D 3180 Practice for Calculating Coal and Coke Analyses
thecomplexityofthespectrumadjacenttotheanalyteline.The
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from As-Determined to Different Bases position used must be free of spectral interference and reflect
D 5142 Test Methods for Proximate Analysis of the Analy-
the same change in background intensity as occurs at the
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sis Sample of Coal and Coke by Instrumental Procedures analyte wavelength measured.
E 691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
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4. Significance and Use
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
4.1 A compositional analysis of coal and coke and their
associated combustion residues are often useful in assessing
their quality. Knowledge of the elemental composition of the
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D05 on Coal
associated residues is also useful in predicting the elemental
and Coke and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D05.29 on Major
enrichment/depletion compositional behavior of ashes and
Elements in Ash and Trace Elements of Coal.
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 2001. Published October 2001. Originally
slags in comparison to the concentration levels in the parent
published as D 6349 - 98. Last previous edition D 6349 - 00.
coal.Utilizationoftheashby-productsandhazardouspotential
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.06.
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may also depend on the chemical composition and leachability
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 11.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02. of the inorganic constituents of the coal ash.
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D6349–01
4.2 The chemical composition of laboratory-prepared ash intended for use only as a rudimentary guide for the indication
may not exactly represent the composition of mineral matter in of potential spectral interferences. For this purpose, linea
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