Designation:D6316−17StandardTestMethodforDeterminationofTotal,CombustibleandCarbonateCarboninSolidResiduesfromCoalandCoke1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6316;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftotal,combustible,andcarbonatecarbonremaininginthesolidbyproductsofcombustionfromboilerfurnacesandsimilarreactors,includingash,flyash,char,slag,andsimilarmaterials.1.2Thistestmethodisintendedfortheuseofindustrytodeterminetheperformanceofboilerfurnacesandsimilarcombustionreactorsandaidindeterminingthequalityofthesolidresiduefromcombustion.1.3Thistestmethodcomprisestheuseofanyofseveralmethodstodeterminetotalcarboncontentcombinedwithanyofseveralmethodstodeterminecarbonatecarbon,andthecalculation,bydifference,ofthecombustiblecarbonremaininginasample.1.4Alternatively,thistestmethodappliestothedetermina-tionoftotalcarbonremaininginamaterialafteracidificationwithstrongacidtoevolvecarbonatecarbon.Inthiscase,thecombustiblecarbonisthetotalcarbonmeasuredinthesampleafteracidification.1.5ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Non-SIunits,ifprovided,areforinformationonlyandarecontainedwithinparentheses.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafety,health,andenvironmentalpracticesandtodeterminetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.1.7Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D121TerminologyofCoaland...
