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Title: Acid-producing potential of the various lithic units associated with the mining of coal. Technical completion report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5700278

A collection of the seven different potentially toxic lithotypes encountered in the mining of coal were collected for five coals in 18 mines over a 5 county area in northern West Virginia for a total of 89 samples. Each sample was subjected to total sulfur analysis and to the soxhlet extraction/oven reoxidation procedure devised by the authors for the evaluation of an acid-production rate constant, alpha. The data show that the samples with the lowest sulfur contents have the highest acid production rate constants.

Research Organization:
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown (USA). Water Research Inst.
OSTI ID:
5700278
Report Number(s):
PB-88-124912/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English