ASTM D121-09a

Standard Terminology of Coal and Coke

SCOPE
1.1 This terminology 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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Sep-2009
• ICS: 01.040.73 - Mining and minerals (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 01.040.75 - Petroleum and related technologies (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 73.040 - Coals
• ICS: 75.160.10 - Solid fuels
• Technical Committee: D05 - Coal and Coke
• Drafting Committee: D05.24 - Statistics

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D121-09 - Standard Terminology of Coal and Coke
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Replaced By: ASTM D121-15 - Standard Terminology of Coal and Coke
• Effective Date: 01-Sep-2015
• Referred By: ASTM D5671-20 - Standard Practice for Polishing and Etching Coal Samples for Microscopical Analysis by Reflected Light
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D388-23 - Standard Classification of Coals by Rank
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D6357-21b - Standard Test Methods for Determination of Trace Elements in Coal, Coke, and Combustion Residues from Coal Utilization Processes by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, and Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D7448-16 - Standard Practice for Establishing the Competence of Laboratories Using ASTM Procedures in the Sampling and Analysis of Coal and Coke
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D6543-20e1 - Standard Guide to the Evaluation of Measurements Made by Online Coal Analyzers
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D3175-20 - Standard Test Method for Volatile Matter in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D8214-18 - Standard Test Method for Forms of Sulfur in Coal by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D4596-22 - Standard Practice for Collection of Channel Samples of Coal in a Mine
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D6316-17 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Total, Combustible and Carbonate Carbon in Solid Residues from Coal and Coke
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D3682-21 - Standard Test Method for Major and Minor Elements in Combustion Residues from Coal Utilization Processes by Atomic Spectrometry
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D6796-21e1 - Standard Practice for Production of Coal, Coke and Coal Combustion Samples for Interlaboratory Studies
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D5114/D5114M-90(2018)e1 - Standard Test Method for Laboratory Froth Flotation of Coal in a Mechanical Cell
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009
• Referred By: ASTM D3302/D3302M-22a - Standard Test Method for Total Moisture in Coal
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2009

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D121 − 09a
StandardTerminology of
1
Coal and Coke
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D121; 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.
1. Scope D3172 Practice for Proximate Analysis of Coal and Coke
D3173 Test Method for Moisture in the Analysis Sample of
1.1 This terminology defines the technical terms used in
Coal and Coke
standards that are the responsibility of Committee D05 on Coal
D3174 Test Method forAsh in theAnalysis Sample of Coal
and Coke. The terms are used in:
and Coke from Coal
1.1.1 The sampling of coal and coke under conditions
D3175 Test Method for Volatile Matter in the Analysis
required for most commercial and technical purposes related to
Sample of Coal and Coke
coal and coke.
D3176 Practice for Ultimate Analysis of Coal and Coke
1.1.2 Bias and related statistical testing,
D3180 Practice for Calculating Coal and Coke Analyses
1.1.3 The description of coal, both visually in the field and
from As-Determined to Different Bases
microscopically in the laboratory,
D3302 Test Method for Total Moisture in Coal
1.1.4 Chemical and physical analyses of coal and coke,
1.1.5 Classification of coal, and D4371 Test Method for Determining the Washability Char-
acteristics of Coal
1.1.6 Certain other related practices and guides applicable
to the coal and coke industries. D4596 Practice for Collection of Channel Samples of Coal
in a Mine
2. Referenced Documents
D4749 Test Method for Performing the Sieve Analysis of
2
2.1 ASTM Standards: Coal and Designating Coal Size
D388 Classification of Coals by Rank D4916 PracticeforMechanicalAugerSampling(Withdrawn
3
D720 Test Method for Free-Swelling Index of Coal
2008)
D1412 Test Method for Equilibrium Moisture of Coal at 96
D5061 Test Method for Microscopical Determination of the
to 97 Percent Relative Humidity and 30°C
Textural Components of Metallurgical Coke
D1857 Test Method for Fusibility of Coal and Coke Ash
D5114 Test Method for Laboratory Froth Flotation of Coal
D2013 Practice for Preparing Coal Samples for Analysis
in a Mechanical Cell
D2234/D2234M Practice for Collection of a Gross Sample
D5192 Practice for Collection of Coal Samples from Core
of Coal
D5263 Test Method for Determining the Relative Degree of
3
D2361 Test Method for Chlorine in Coal (Withdrawn 2008)
Oxidation in Bituminous Coal by Alkali Extraction
D2795 Test Methods for Analysis of Coal and Coke Ash
D5515 Test Method for Determination of the Swelling
3
(Withdrawn 2001)
Properties of Bituminous Coal Using a Dilatometer
D2798 Test Method for Microscopical Determination of the
D5865 Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and
Vitrinite Reflectance of Coal
Coke
D2961 Test Method for Single-Stage Total Moisture Less
D6316 TestMethodforDeterminationofTotal,Combustible
than 15 % in Coal Reduced to 2.36-mm (No. 8 Sieve)
and Carbonate Carbon in Solid Residues from Coal and
Topsize
Coke
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D05 on Coal
3. Terminology
and Coke and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D05.24 on Quality
Assurance.
air-dried moisture—this term has been used inappropriately to
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2009. Published October 2009. Originally
refer to both residual moisture and air-dry loss. Because of
approved in 1921. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as D121 – 09. DOI:
the potential for confusion, this term shall not be used.
10.1520/D0121-09A.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
air drying, n—a process of partial drying of coal to bring its
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
moisture near to equilibrium with the atmosphere in the
the ASTM website.
room in which further reduction and division of the sample
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The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
www.astm.org. will take place. D2013; D2234/D2234M
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air-dry loss, n— in coal, the loss in mass, expressed as a bed moisture—synonym for inherent moisture.
percentage, resulting from each air-drying stage or the sum
beehive coke—See beehive coke under coke.
of all sequential air-drying stages in which the results from
binder phase, n— as used in Test Method D5061,acontinuous
each stage are adjusted to the as-received basis.
solid carbon matrix formed during the thermoplastic defor-
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Designation:D 121–08 Designation: D121 – 09a
Standard Terminology of
1
Coal and Coke
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D121; 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.
1. Scope
1.1 This terminology 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.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
D388 Classification of Coals by Rank
D720 Test Method for Free-Swelling Index of Coal
D1412 Test Method for Equilibrium Moisture of Coal at 96 to 97 Percent Relative Humidity and 30C
D1857 Test Method for Fusibility of Coal and Coke Ash
D2013 Practice for Preparing Coal Samples for Analysis
D2234/D2234M Practice for Collection of a Gross Sample of Coal
D2361 Test Method for Chlorine in Coal
D2795 Test Methods for Analysis of Coal and Coke Ash
D2797Practice for Preparing Coal Samples for Microscopical Analysis by Reflected Light
D2798 Test Method for Microscopical Determination of the Vitrinite Reflectance of Coal
D2799Test Method for Microscopical Determination of the Maceral Composition of Coal
D2961 Test Method for Single-Stage Total Moisture Less than 15 % in Coal Reduced to 2.36-mm (No. 8 Sieve) Topsize
D3172 Practice for Proximate Analysis of Coal and Coke
D3173 Test Method for Moisture in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke
D3174 Test Method for Ash in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke from Coal
D3175 Test Method for Volatile Matter in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke
D3176 Practice for Ultimate Analysis of Coal and Coke
D3180 Practice for Calculating Coal and Coke Analyses from As-Determined to Different Bases
D3302 Test Method for Total Moisture in Coal
D4371 Test Method for Determining the Washability Characteristics of Coal
D4596 Practice for Collection of Channel Samples of Coal in a Mine
D4749 Test Method for Performing the Sieve Analysis of Coal and Designating Coal Size
D4916 Practice for Mechanical Auger Sampling
D5061 Test Method for Microscopical Determination of the Textural Components of Metallurgical Coke
D5114 Test Method for Laboratory Froth Flotation of Coal in a Mechanical Cell
D5192 Practice for Collection of Coal Samples from Core
D5263 Test Method for Determining the Relative Degree of Oxidation in Bituminous Coal by Alkali Extraction
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D05 on Coal and Coke and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D05.30 on Quality Assurance.
Current edition approved Feb. 15, 2008. Published April 2008. Originally approved in 1921. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as D 121–07.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2009. Published October 2009. Originally approved in 1921. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as D121 – 09. DOI:
10.1520/D0121-09A.
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For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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D5515 Test Method for Determination of the Swelling Properties of Bituminous Coal Using a Dilatometer
D5865 Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and Coke
D6316 Test Method for Determination of Total, Combustible and Carbonate Carbon in Solid Residues from Coal and Coke
D6518Practice for Bias Testing a Mechanical Coal Sampling System
E177Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test Methods
E456TerminologyRelatingtoQualityandStatisticsTestMethodforDeterminationofTotal,CombustibleandCarbonateCarbon
in Solid Residues from Coal and Coke
3. Terminology
air-dried moisture—this term has been used inappropriately to refer to bot
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