Name : The 37th Conference of Coal Science
Number : 37
Location : [in Japanese]
Date : September 28, 2000 - September 29, 2000
Pages 361-364
Alkaline metal content was determined by a dissolution method for five kinds of coal and their chars with the use of sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid and ammonium acetate solutions. Behavior of potassium and sodium was followed in pyrolysis and gasification of the samples using fixed bed and free-fall reactors.