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 (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

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

D2798 Test Method for Microscopical Determination of the Vitrinite Reflectance 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

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

Keywords

Coal/coke products; Coke; Terminology--coal products;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 01.040.73 (Mining and minerals (Vocabularies)); 01.040.75 (Petroleum and related technologies (Vocabularies)); 73.040 (Coals); 75.160.10 (Solid fuels)

DOI: 10.1520/D0121-09

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