Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

Molybdenum (Mo) Summary Statistics

Histogram of molybdenum (Mo) content, in ppm on a whole coal basis, in West Virginia coal samples (larger version) — Select the histogram to open a larger version.

Molybdenum in West Virginia coal averaged 2.37 ppm (± 3.62 ppm) with a histogram highly skewed toward low values with a slight tail toward higher values and a maximum value of 52.5 ppm in a sample of the Harlem coal (see cautionary note page). Molybdenum did not correlate with ash yield (r = +0.2855), total sulfur, pyritic sulfur or other trace elements.

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Page content last revised: March 2, 2002