ASTM D121-01a
(Terminology)Standard Terminology of Coal and Coke
Standard Terminology of Coal and Coke
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1.1 This standard defines the technical terms used in standards that are the responsibility of Committee D05 on Coal and Coke. The terms are used in:
1.1.1 The sampling of coal and coke under conditions required for most commercial and technical purposes related to coal and coke.
1.1.2 Bias and related statistical testing,
1.1.3 The description of coal, both visually in the field and microscopically in the laboratory,
1.1.4 Chemical and physical analyses of coal and coke,
1.1.5 Classification of coal, and
1.1.6 Certain other related practices and guides applicable to the coal and coke industries.
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Designation: D 121 – 01a
Standard Terminology of
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Coal and Coke
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 121; 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 D 2961 Test Method for Total Moisture in Coal Reduced to
2.36–mm (No. 8) Mesh Top Sieve Size (Limited–Purpose
1.1 This standard defines the technical terms used in stan-
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Method)
dardsthataretheresponsibilityofCommitteeD05onCoaland
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D 3172 Practice for Proximate Analysis of Coal and Coke
Coke. The terms are used in:
D 3173 Test Method for Moisture in theAnalysis Sample of
1.1.1 The sampling of coal and coke under conditions
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Coal and Coke
required for most commercial and technical purposes related to
D 3174 TestMethodforAshintheAnalysisSampleofCoal
coal and coke.
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and Coke from Coal
1.1.2 Bias and related statistical testing,
D 3175 Test Method for Volatile Matter in the Analysis
1.1.3 The description of coal, both visually in the field and
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Sample of Coal and Coke
microscopically in the laboratory,
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D 3176 Practice for Ultimate Analysis of Coal and Coke
1.1.4 Chemical and physical analyses of coal and coke,
D 3180 Practice for Calculating Coal and Coke Analyses
1.1.5 Classification of coal, and
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from As-Determined to Different Bases
1.1.6 Certain other related practices and guides applicable
D 3286 Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and
to the coal and coke industries.
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Coke by the Isoperibol Bomb Calorimeter
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2. Referenced Documents D 3302 Test Method for Total Moisture in Coal
D 4371 Test Method for Determining the Washability Char-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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acteristics of Coal
D 388 Classification of Coals by Rank
D 4749 Test Method for Performing SieveAnalysis of Coal
D 1412 Test Method for Equilibrium Moisture of Coal at 96
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and Designating Coal Size
to 97 Percent Relative Humidity and 30°C
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D 4915 Guide for Manual Sampling of Coal from Tops of
D 1857 Test Method for Fusibility of Coal and Coke Ash
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Railroad Cars
D 2013 Method of Preparing Coal Samples for Analysis
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D 4916 Practice for Mechanical Auger Sampling
D 2015 Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and
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D 5061 Test Method for Microscopical Determination of
Coke by the Adiabatic Bomb Calorimeter
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Volume Percent of Textural Components in Metallurgical
D 2234 Practice for Collection of a Gross Sample of Coal
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Coke
D 2361 Test Method for Chlorine in Coal
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D 5114 Test Method for Laboratory Froth Flotation of Coal
D 2795 Test Methods for Analysis of Coal and Coke Ash
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in a Mechanical Cell
D 2796 Terminology Relating to Megascopic Description
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D 5192 Practice for Collection of Coal Samples from Core
of Coal and Coal Seams and Microscopical Description
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D 6316 Test Method for Determination of Total, Combus-
and Analysis of Coal
tible and Carbonate Carbon in Solid Residues from Coal
D 2797 Practice for Preparing Coal Samples for Micro-
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and Coke
scopical Analysis by Reflected Light
E 177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
D 2798 Test Method for Microscopical Determination of
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ASTM Test Methods
the Reflectance of Vitrinite in a Polished Specimen of
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E 456 Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics
Coal
D 2799 Test Method for Microscopical Determination of
3. Terminology
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Volume Percent of Physical Components of Coal
air-dried moisture—this term has been used inappropriately to
refer to both residual moisture and air-dry loss. Because of
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D05 on Coal the potential for confusion, this term shall not be used.
and Coke and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D05.30 on Quality
air drying, n—a process of partial drying of coal to bring its
Assurance.
moisture near to equilibrium with the atmosphere in the
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 2001. Published January 2002. Originally
published as D 121 – 21 T. Last previous edition D 121 – 01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.06.
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Discontinued; see 1994 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.05. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
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D 121 – 01a
room in which further reduction and division of the sample bed moisture—synonym for inherent moisture.
will take place. D 2013; D 2234 beehive coke—See beehive coke under coke.
air-dry loss, n—in coal, the
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