AS 1038.

16—1996

Australian Standard
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Coal and coke—Analysis and

testing

Part 16: Assessment and reporting

of results
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee MN/1, Coal and Coke. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 30 August 1995 and
published on 5 January 1996.

The following interests are represented on Committee MN/1:

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Australian Coal Association
Australian Coal Industry Research Laboratories
Australian Coal Preparation Society
Australian Mining Industry Council
Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia
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CSIRO, Division of Coal and Energy Technology

Department of Minerals and Energy, Queensland
Electricity Supply Association of Australia
Institution of Engineers, Australia
Queensland Coal Board
Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Standing Committee on Coalfield Geology of New South Wales
University of Newcastle
University of New South Wales
University of Queensland

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 AS 1038.16—1996

Australian Standard
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Coal and coke—Analysis and

testing

Part 16: Assessment and reporting

of results

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7337 0103 5
 AS 1038.16— 1996 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Subcommittee on Coal Evaluation,
under the direction of the Committee on Coal and Coke, as a replacement for
AS 1038.16— 1986, Methods for the analysis and testing of coal and coke,
Part 16: Acceptance and reporting of results. The principal differences from the 1986 edition
are as follows:
(a) This Standard is applicable to the AS 1038 series of methods for the analysis and
testing of coal and coke, as well as associated Standards, including the AS 2434 series
of methods for the analysis and testing of lower rank coal and its chars. The
presentation has been revised and the technical coverage, though similar, has been
expanded.
(b) Some inaccuracies in equations, calculations and precision statistics have been
corrected.
(c) Revised, restructured, and additional parts of AS 1038 and associated Standards have
been referenced.
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(d) Repeatability and reproducibility data have been adjusted to accommodate the common
experience of Australian coal-testing laboratories, particularly for proximate and
ultimate analysis results, which were previously based on precision statistics presented
in the corresponding British Standard.
(e) The term specific energy (SE) has been replaced by calorific value (q) to bring the
Standard into line with international usage.
This Standard will be continuously revised because of ongoing development and updating of
all other Standards in the AS 1038 series and associated Standards. For this reason,
information presented in each edition of AS 1038.16 may at any given time be ahead of or
behind the actual state of development or updating of other Standards. It is therefore
recommended that this Standard be used only in conjunction with other appropriate
Standards.
The objective of this Standard is to provide those involved with the testing of coal and coke
with a means for assessing their test results to ensure that the values reported are consistent
with the requirements of the industry.
The term ‘informative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the
appendix to which it applies. An ‘informative’ appendix is for information and guidance only.

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CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 TERMS, DEFINITIONS, NOTATION AND ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 INTEGRITY OF RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5 ASSESSING THE ACCURACY OF TEST RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6 ASSESSING THE PRECISION OF TEST RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7 REPORTING ANALYSES TO DIFFERENT BASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8 REPORTING OF TEST RESULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

APPENDICES
A DERIVATION OF EQUATIONS USED FOR METHOD CALCULATIONS . . 19
B SUGGESTED HIERARCHY OF PARAMETERS FOR A TEST REPORT . . . 26
C PRECISION OF TEST METHODS AND SCHEDULE FOR REPORTING OF
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RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Originated as part of AS CK2.3— 1949.

Previous editi on AS 1038.16 — 1986.
Fourth edit ion 1996.
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Coal and coke—Analysis and testing

Part 16: Assessment and reporting of results

1 SCOPE This Standard provides procedures and information for the assessment and
reporting of results obtained by the use of methods detailed in the AS 1038 series and
associated Standards. Technical aspects relevant to the derivation of formulas required for
calculation and to the acceptance of analytical results are also provided.

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
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1038 Coal and coke —Analysis and testing

1038.1 Part 1: Higher rank coal — Total moisture
1038.2 Part 2: Coke— Total moisture
1038.3 Part 3: Proximate analysis of higher rank coal
1038.4 Part 4: Coke— Proximate analysis
1038.5.1 Part 5.1: Gross specific energy of coal and coke —Adiabatic calorimeters
1038.5.2 Part 5.2: Gross specific energy of coal and coke — Automatic isothermal-type
calorimeters
1038.6.1 Part 6.1: Ultimate analysis of higher rank coal —Determination of carbon and
hydrogen
1038.6.2 Part 6.2: Ultimate analysis of higher rank coal — Determination of nitrogen
1038.6.3.1 Part 6.3.1: Ultimate analysis of higher rank coal — Determination of total sulfur
(Eschka method)
1038.6.3.2 Part 6.3.2: Ultimate analysis of higher rank coal — Determination of total sulfur
(High temperature combustion method)
1038.6.3.3 Part 6.3.3: Ultimate analysis of higher rank coal — Determination of total sulfur
(Infrared method)
1038.7 Part 7: Ultimate analysis of coke
1038.8 Part 8: Chlorine in coal and coke
1038.8.1 Part 8.1: Coal and coke — Chlorine— Eschka method
1038.8.2.1 Part 8.2.1 Coal and coke — Chlorine— High temperature
combustion —Titrimetric method
1038.9.1 Part 9.1: Coal and coke —Phosphorus — Ash digestion/molybdenum blue
method
1038.9.2 Part 9.2: Higher rank coal — Phosphorus— Coal extraction method
1038.9.3 Part 9.3: Coal and coke — Phosphorus — Ash digestion method
1038.10 Part 10: Arsenic in coal and coke (to be revised as AS 1038.10.2)
1038.10.1 Part 10.1: Determination of trace elements —Determination of eleven trace
elements in coal, coke and fly-ash —Flame atomic absorption
spectrometric method
1038.10.3 Part 10.3: Determination of trace elements— Coal, coke and fly-ash —
Determination of boron content— Spectrophotometric method

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