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Determination of Sulfur, Ash, and trace Element Content of Coal, Coke, and Fly Using Multielement Tube-Excied X-ray Fluorescence Analsis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

J. A. Cooper ,
B. D. Wheeler ,
G. J. Wolfe ,
D. M. Bartell  and
D. B. Schlafke
J. A. Cooper
Affiliation:
ORTEC, Incorporated, *Oak Ridge, TN 37830
B. D. Wheeler
Affiliation:
ORTEC, Incorporated, *Oak Ridge, TN 37830
G. J. Wolfe
Affiliation:
ORTEC, Incorporated, *Oak Ridge, TN 37830
D. M. Bartell
Affiliation:
ORTEC, Incorporated, *Oak Ridge, TN 37830
D. B. Schlafke
Affiliation:
ORTEC, Incorporated, *Oak Ridge, TN 37830
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A procedure using tube excited energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence analysis with interelement corrections has been developed for multielement analysis of major and trace elements and ash content of coal, coke, and fly ash. The procedure uses pressed pellets and an exponential correction for interelement effects. The average deviations ranged from about 0.0003% for V at an average concentration of about .003% to 0.1% for S at an average concentration of 4%. About 25 elements were measured and 100 second minimum detectable concentrations ranged from about one part per million for elements near arsenic to about one tenth of one percent for sodium.

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X-Ray Fluorescence
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 20: Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 4-6, 1976 , 1976 , pp. 431 - 436
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1976

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