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Coal analysis by means of neutron-, gamma activation analysis and X-ray techniques

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The elemental concentration of C, Ca, Fe, Sr, Si, S were determined for 5 borehole brown coal samples by means of NAA, PAA and X-ray techniques. The correlation function between carbon content and the heat values and also between Si, Fe, Ca and Sr contents and ash content are discussed.

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Leonhardt, J.W., Bothe, H.K., Langrock, E.J. et al. Coal analysis by means of neutron-, gamma activation analysis and X-ray techniques. J. Radioanal. Chem. 71, 181–187 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02516148

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