WVGES Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

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Uranium averaged 1.59 ppm (± 1.35 ppm) in West Virginia coals with a histogram showing a near normal distribution with a tail toward higher values.  The highest U contents were all from the Sewickley coal and range from 10.09 to 17.12 ppm.  Uranium correlated very poorly with ash yield, and poorly with tellurium (Te), bismuth (Bi), samarium (Sm), scandium (Sc), thorium (Th) and praseodymium (Pr).
 
Spearman Correlation Coefficients (r) with Uranium
Ash Yield
Te
Bi
Sm
Sc
Th
Pr
+0.5493
+0.6852
+0.6614
+0.6447
+0.6122
+0.6106
+0.6086
n = 827
n = 113
n = 171
n = 520
n = 827
n = 804
n = 80

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