Trace elements, Texas lignite

F, Hg, Mo, Ni, Pb, S, Sb, Se, and Zn. The comparison of partitioning data previously developed for bituminous and subbitum-inous coals with samples of lignite, bottom ash, and fly ash from two Texas lignite-fired power plants showed great variability in results. Therefore few conclusions regarding trace element partitioning as a function of coal rank can be drawn at this time,... 

Tewalt and others have extensively analyzed 85 east Texas, deep-basin lignite samples collected from 18 different seams and five stratigraphic horizons in the Wilcox Group (14). In the Sabine Uplift area, among the trace elements of greatest environmental and health concern in coal (As, Pb, Se, B, Hg, Cd, and Mo), only the mean of Se (10.2 ppm) exceeds that of the average for U.S. lignite (5.3 ppm), whereas As is less (3.4 vs. 

White, D. M. Edwards, L. 0. DuBose, D. A. "Trace Elements in Texas Lignite" Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council Report EDF-094, Austin, Texas, August, 1983. 

Zingaro, R. A. "Trace Element Characterization in Texas Lignites and Liquids Derived Therefrom" Texas A M University, College Station, TX, TENRAC Report No. EDF-060, 1981. 

James, W., Acevedo, L., 1993. Trace element partitioning in Texas lignite combustion. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 

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