AS 1038.10.5-1993

1 - AS 1038.10.5-1993 COAL AND COKE - ANALYSIS AND TESTING - COAL, COKE AND FLY-ASH - TRACE ELEMENTS - DETERMINATION OF MERCURY
4 - PREFACE
4 - CONTENTS
5 - FOREWORD
6 - 1 SCOPE
6 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
6 - 3 PRINCIPLE
6 - 4 SAFETY
6 - 5 REAGENTS
6 - 5.1 General
6 - 5.2 Aluminium oxide (Al2 O3 )
6 - 5.3 Solutions
7 - 5.4 Standard solutions
7 - 5.5 Oxygen 6
7 - 6. APPARATUS
7 - 6.1 Heating unit
7 - 6.2 Combustion tube
7 - 6.3 Combustion boat
8 - 6.4 Silica pusher
8 - 6.5 Three-way stopcock
8 - 6.6 Flowmeters
8 - 6.7 Absorption vessel
8 - 6.8 Atomic absorption spectrometer
10 - 7 SAMPLE
10 - 7.1 General
10 - 7.2 Equilibration
10 - 8 PROCEDURE
10 - 8.1 Number of determinations
10 - 8.2 Blank test
10 - 8.3 Check test
10 - 8.4 Sample combustion
11 - 8.5 Vapour atomic absorption measurement
11 - 8.6 Calibration
12 - 9 CALCULATION
12 - 10 REPORTING OF RESULT
12 - 11 PRECISION
12 - 12 TEST REPORT

Sets out a method for the determination of mercury in coal, coke and fly-ash dry sample combustion and cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry.

This Standard sets out a method for the determination of mercury in coal, coke and fly-ash by sample combustion and cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry.

First published as AS 1038.10.5-1993.