ASTM E1915-99
Historical Standard: ASTM E1915-99 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials by Combustion Infrared Absorption Spectrometry
SUPERSEDED (see Active link, below)
ASTM E1915
1. Scope
1.1 This test method covers the determination of total carbon and sulfur in metal bearing ores and related materials such as tailings and waste rock within the following ranges:
| Analyte | Application Range, % | Quantitative Range, % |
| Total Carbon | 0 to 10 | 0.08 to 10 |
| Total Sulfur | 0 to 8.8 | 0.023 to 8.8 |
Note 1--The test methods were tested over the following ranges:
Total Carbon- 0.01 to 5.87 %
Total Sulfur- 0.0002 to 4.70 %
Residual Carbon from Pyrolysis- 0.002 to 4.97 %
Residual Sulfur from Pyrolysis- 0.014 to 1.54 %
Pyrolysis Loss Sulfur- 0 to 4.42 %
Hydrochloric Acid Insoluble Carbon- 0.025 to 0.47 %
Hydrochloric Acid Loss Carbon- 0 to 5.78 %
Hydrochloric Acid Insoluble Sulfur- 0.012 to 4.20 %.
1.2 The quantitative ranges for the partial decomposition test methods are dependent on the mineralogy of the samples being tested. The user of these test methods are advised to conduct an interlaboratory study in accordance with Practice E1601 on the test methods selected for use at a particular mining site, in order to establish the quantitative ranges for these test methods on a site-specific basis.
1.3 The test methods appear in the following order:
| Sections | |
| Carbon and Sulfur, Hydrochloric Acid Insoluble | 12.13 - 12.18 |
| Carbon and Sulfur, Residual from Pyrolysis | 12.7 - 12.12 |
| Carbon and Sulfur, Total | 12.1 - 12.6 |
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific warning statements are given in Section 7.
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
D1067 Test Methods for Acidity or Alkalinity of Water
D1193 Specification for Reagent Water
D1976 Test Method for Elements in Water by Inductively-Coupled Argon Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
D5673 Test Method for Elements in Water by Inductively Coupled Plasma--Mass Spectrometry
D5744 Test Method for Laboratory Weathering of Solid Materials Using a Humidity Cell
D6234 Test Method for Shake Extraction of Mining Waste by the Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
E50 Practices for Apparatus, Reagents, and Safety Considerations for Chemical Analysis of Metals, Ores, and Related Materials
E135 Terminology Relating to Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials
E882 Guide for Accountability and Quality Control in the Chemical Analysis Laboratory
E1019 Test Methods for Determination of Carbon, Sulfur, Nitrogen, and Oxygen in Steel, Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys by Various Combustion and Fusion Techniques
E1601 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Evaluate the Performance of an Analytical Method
E1950 Practice for Reporting Results from Methods of Chemical Analysis
E2242 Test Method for Column Percolation Extraction of Mine Rock by the Meteoric Water Mobility Procedure
Keywords
acid neutralization potential; carbonate carbon content; carbon content; net calcium carbonate content; ores; organic carbon content; related materials; sulfate sulfur content; sulfide sulfur content; sulfur content; tailings; leach residue; waste rock;
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 71.040.50 (Physicochemical methods of analysis)
DOI: 10.1520/E1915-99
ASTM International is a member of CrossRef.
