Abstract
AbstractAn X-ray analysis method has been developed for the quantitative analysis of pyrite (FeS2) in coals and lignites. Requiring neither the use of external or internal references, the method linearly relates diffraction peak area in the absorption corrected X-ray diffractogram obtained from the finely powdered coal to the pyrite abundance. The [311] diffraction peak of pyrite (FeS2) has been used to develop the analysis protocol. The Argonne premium coals have been used as the experimental subjects. The abundance of pyrite in each coal has been measured from the absorption corrected diffractograms, which has been constructed from the experimentally measured diffraction intensities and the mass absorption coefficient of each coal sample. The accuracy (accessed from the figure-of-merit and the net count uncertainty associated with the 1.63 Å pyrite peak) as well as the lower limit of detection for pyrite in these coals is presented. The role of the mass absorption coefficient in the conversion of the measured intensity to the absorption corrected intensity is discussed.
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