A perspective on the status of coal research from shipments of samples
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL (United States)
- deGrote Vos, Zeeweg 37, 1753 BB St. Martenzee, NL (Netherlands)
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Coal and Organic Petrology Labs.
Research on all aspects of coal research, at least for more small scale work, involves the use of samples at the beginning of experimental work. Most research workers for smaller scale work do not collect their own coal samples, but rather order them from a group of sample suppliers. The number of suppliers meeting the major needs in the US, as well as for the world, is not very large. An examination of the shipments of samples from each of these suppliers will give an interesting insight into the general trends in volume of work in the field. The suppliers involved in this study include the Argonne Premium Coal Sample Program, the Illinois Basin Coal Sample Program, the SBN and the several groups of samples from the Pennsylvania State University Coal Sample Bank. Each of these supplies a different number of samples in varying quantities. The quantities and variety of samples is important to the individual worker in selecting a supplier. The type of work to be done frequently affects the quantities and choice of sample, which in turn affects the choice of supplier. In general these data indicate that researchers realize the advantages of acquiring samples from centralized sample banks. These advantages include a lower cost than would be incurred from individual sampling and preparation; availability of analyzed samples; preservation of samples and the possibility of comparing results with others who have worked on the same samples.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 10124585
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/CHM/CP-81246; CONF-940301-11; ON: DE94006818
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 207. spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS),San Diego, CA (United States),13-18 Mar 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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