| Abstract: | Optical and scanning electron microscope as well as electron and proton microprobe techniques have been used in a detailed investigation of the modes of occurrence of arsenic and selenium in pyrite in Upper Freeport coal from the Homer City area, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Polished blocks were prepared from columnar samples of the coal bed to represent particular zones continuously from top to bottom. Initial selection of zones to be studied was based on chemical analysis of bench-channel samples. Microprobe data indicate that the highest concentrations of arsenic (as great as 1. 5 wt. %) are apparently in solid solution in pyrite within a limited stratigraphic interval of the coal bed. Smaller amounts of arsenic and selenium (concentrations up to approximately 0. 1 and 0. 2 wt. % respectively) were detected at isolated points within pyrite grains in various strata of the coal bed. |
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| Citation Author: | Minkin, J. A.; Finkelman, R. B.; Thompson, C. L.; Chao, E. C. T.; Ruppert, L. F.; Blank, H.; Cecil, C. B. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | MICROCHARACTERIZATION OF ARSENIC- AND SELENIUM-BEARING PYRITE IN UPPER FREEPORT COAL, INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.; 1984; Article; Journal; Scanning Electron Microscopy; Minkin, J. A.; Finkelman, R. B.; Thompson, C. L.; Chao, E. C. T.; Ruppert, L. F.; Blank, H.; Cecil, C. B. |
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| Citation Year: | 1984 |
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| Text: | MICROCHARACTERIZATION OF ARSENIC- AND SELENIUM-BEARING PYRITE IN UPPER FREEPORT COAL, INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.; 1984; Article; Journal; Scanning Electron Microscopy; Minkin, J. A.; Finkelman, R. B.; Thompson, C. L.; Chao, E. C. T.; Ruppert, L. F.; Blank, H.; Cecil, C. B. |
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| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1984 00:00 -0600 |
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