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OPTIK
Volume 169, Issue -, Pages 77-84Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.05.035
Keywords
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; Coal ash; Quantitative analysis; Fe; Aerosols; Internal standard method
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFC0212700]
- Six Talent Peaks project in Jiangsu Province [2015-JNHB-011]
- Innovation practice training plan for college students of Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences [201717001061]
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Sulfates produced by the reaction of metal oxides in coal ash with the acid gases in the atmosphere are the main causes of haze-fog formation. In this study, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy(LIBS) was used for elemental analysis in coal ash. A new method was adopted to conduct an accurate qualitative analysis of the four elements (Al, Ca, Cu and Fe) that easily form sulfates in coal ash. An internal standard method was used to quantitatively analyze the typical Fe element of the four elements with a calibration curve that had a linear correlation coefficient (R-2) of 0.986. In order to test the accuracy of the curve, three kinds of coal ash with unknown composition were selected and analyzed by LIBS and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF). The relative differences of the two methods were around 7.42%, 3.37% and 4.34%, respectively, which are all in the acceptable range. The experimental results indicate that LIBS can be employed for the rapid detection and analysis of metal elements in coal ash and provide a new classification method for coal ash based on the content of Fe element.
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