Detection of rare earth elements in Powder River Basin sub-bituminous coal ash using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United State
We reported our preliminary results on the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to analyze the rare earth elements contained in ash samples from Powder River Basin sub-bituminous coal (PRB-coal). We have identified many elements in the lanthanide series (cerium, europium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, terbium, ytterbium) and some elements in the actinide series (actinium, thorium, uranium, plutonium, berkelium, californium) in the ash samples. In addition, various metals were also seen to present in the ash samples
- Research Organization:
- National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
- OSTI ID:
- 1240101
- Report Number(s):
- NETL-PUB--20051
- Journal Information:
- Fuel, Journal Name: Fuel Vol. 163; ISSN 0016-2361
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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