Designation:D5600−14StandardTestMethodforTraceMetalsinPetroleumCokebyInductivelyCoupledPlasmaAtomicEmissionSpectrometry(ICP-AES)1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5600;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodcoverstheanalysisforcommonlydeterminedtracemetalsintestspecimensofrawandcalcinedpetroleumcokebyinductivelycoupledplasmaatomicemis-sionspectroscopy.1.2ElementsforwhichthistestmethodisapplicablearelistedinTable1.Detectionlimits,sensitivity,andoptimumrangesofthemetalswillvarywiththematricesandmodelofspectrometer.1.3Thistestmethodisapplicableonlytosamplescontain-inglessthanonemass%ash.1.4Elementspresentatconcentrationsabovetheupperlimitoftheworkingrangescanbedeterminedwithadditional,appropriatedilutions.1.5ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D346PracticeforCollectionandPreparationofCokeSamplesforLaboratoryAnalysisD1193SpecificationforReagentWaterD7260PracticeforOptimization,Calibration,andValida-tionofInductivelyCoupledPlasma-AtomicEmissionSpectrometry(ICP-AES)forElementalAnalysisofPetro-leumProductsandLubricantsE11SpecificationforWovenWireTestSieveClothandTestSieves3.Terminology3.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.1.1grosssample—theoriginal,uncrushed,representativeportiontakenfromashipmentorlotofcoke.3.1.2ICP-AES—InductivelyCoupledPlasma—AtomicEmissionSpectrometry.3.1.3petroleumcoke—asolid,carbonaceousresiduepro-ducedbythermaldecompositionofheavypetroleumfract...
