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Element

Element Abundances in U.S. Coal

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Carbon

63%

Oxygen

16%

Hydrogen

5.2%

Silicon

2.7%

Sulfur

1.8%

Aluminum

1.5%

Nitrogen

1.3%

Calcium

0.46%

Potassium

0.18%

Magnesium

0.11%

Sodium

0.08%

Titanium

0.08%

Chlorine

614 ppm

Phosphorus

430 ppm

Barium

170 ppm

Strontium

130 ppm

Fluorine

98 ppm

Zinc

53 ppm

Boron

49 ppm

Manganese

43 ppm

Zirconium

27 ppm

Arsenic

24 ppm

Vanadium

22 ppm

Rubidium

21 ppm

Cerium

21 ppm

Bromine

17 ppm

Lithium

16 ppm

Copper

16 ppm

Chromium

15 ppm

Nickel

14 ppm

Lanthanum

12 ppm

Lead

11 ppm

Neodymium

9.5 ppm

Yttrium

8.5 ppm

Cobalt

6.1 ppm

Gallium

5.7 ppm

Germanium

5.7 ppm

Scandium

4.2 ppm

Molybdenum

3.3 ppm

Thorium

3.2 ppm

Niobium

2.9 ppm

Selenium

2.8 ppm

Praseodymium

2.4 ppm

Beryllium

2.2 ppm

Uranium

2.1 ppm

Dysprosium

1.9 ppm

Gadolinium

1.8 ppm

Samarium

1.7 ppm

Iron

1.3 ppm

Tin

1.3 ppm

Antimony

1.2 ppm

Thallium

1.2 ppm

Cesium

1.1 ppm

Iodine

<1.0 ppm

Erbium

1.0 ppm

Tungsten

1.0 ppm

Bismuth

<1.0 ppm

Ytterbium

0.95 ppm

Hafnium

0.73 ppm

Cadmium

0.47 ppm

Europium

0.40 ppm

Holmium

0.35 ppm

Indium

<0.3 ppm

Terbium

0.30 ppm

Tantalum

0.22 ppm

Mercury

0.17 ppm

Thulium

0.15 ppm

Lutetium

0.14 ppm

Silver

<0.1 ppm

Tellurium

<0.1 ppm

Gold

<0.05 ppm

Ruthenium

<0.001 ppm

Rhodium

<0.001 ppm

Palladium

<0.001 ppm

Rhenium

<0.001 ppm

Osmium

<0.001 ppm

Iridium

<0.001 ppm

Platinum

<0.001 ppm

Element

Abundances by Element Name in U.S. Coal

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Aluminum

1.5%

Antimony

1.2 ppm

Arsenic

24 ppm

Barium

170 ppm

Beryllium

2.2 ppm

Bismuth

<1.0 ppm

Boron

49 ppm

Bromine

17 ppm

Cadmium

0.47 ppm

Calcium

0.46%

Carbon

63%

Cerium

21 ppm

Cesium

1.1 ppm

Chlorine

614 ppm

Chromium

15 ppm

Cobalt

6.1 ppm

Copper

16 ppm

Dysprosium

1.9 ppm

Erbium

1.0 ppm

Europium

0.40 ppm

Fluorine

98 ppm

Gadolinium

1.8 ppm

Gallium

5.7 ppm

Germanium

5.7 ppm

Gold

<0.05 ppm

Hafnium

0.73 ppm

Holmium

0.35 ppm

Hydrogen

5.2%

Indium

<0.3 ppm

Iodine

<1.0 ppm

Iridium

<0.001 ppm

Iron

1.3 ppm

Lanthanum

12 ppm

Lead

11 ppm

Lithium

16 ppm

Lutetium

0.14 ppm

Magnesium

0.11%

Manganese

43 ppm

Mercury

0.17 ppm

Molybdenum

3.3 ppm

Neodymium

9.5 ppm

Nickel

14 ppm

Niobium

2.9 ppm

Nitrogen

1.3%

Osmium

<0.001 ppm

Oxygen

16%

Palladium

<0.001 ppm

Phosphorus

430 ppm

Platinum

<0.001 ppm

Potassium

0.18%

Praseodymium

2.4 ppm

Rhenium

<0.001 ppm

Rhodium

<0.001 ppm

Rubidium

21 ppm

Ruthenium

<0.001 ppm

Samarium

1.7 ppm

Scandium

4.2 ppm

Selenium

2.8 ppm

Silicon

2.7%

Silver

<0.1 ppm

Sodium

0.08%

Strontium

130 ppm

Sulfur

1.8%

Tantalum

0.22 ppm

Tellurium

<0.1 ppm

Terbium

0.30 ppm

Thallium

1.2 ppm

Thorium

3.2 ppm

Thulium

0.15 ppm

Tin

1.3 ppm

Titanium

0.08%

Tungsten

1.0 ppm

Uranium

2.1 ppm

Vanadium

22 ppm

Ytterbium

0.95 ppm

Yttrium

8.5 ppm

Zinc

53 ppm

Zirconium

27 ppm

Reference (Click the next to a value above to see complete citation information for that entry)

Orem, W. H., and R. B. Finkelman. "Coal Formation and Geochemistry." pp. 191–222 in Sediments, Diagenesis, and Sedimentary Rocks. Edited by Fred T. Mackenzie. Oxford: Elsevier Ltd., 2005.

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