Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

Samarium (Sm) Summary Statistics

Samarium averaged 1.52 ppm (± 0.86 ppm) in West Virginia coals with a near normal histogram showing a slight tail toward higher values and a maximum value of 8.30 ppm in a bench of the Coalburg coal. Samarium correlated slightly with ash yield, and correlated very well with some other rare earth element components of monazite, especially lanthanum (La), europium (Eu), cerium (Ce), lutetium (Lu), ytterbium (Yb) and terbium (Tb). Samarium also correlated well with the ash related elements thorium (Th), scandium (Sc), chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), lithium (Li), hafnium (Hf) and lead (Pb).

**Spearman Correlation Coefficients (r) with Samarium**
Ash Yield	La	Eu	Ce	Lu	Yb	Tb
+0.6349	+0.9010	+0.9009	+0.8909	+0.8589	+0.8256	+0.8205
n = 538	n = 536	n = 536	n = 538	n = 503	n = 537	n = 489
Th	Sc	Cr	V	Li	Hf	Pb
+0.8142	+0.8059	+0.7726	+0.7326	+0.7087	+0.7070	+0.7019
n = 525	n = 538	n = 537	n = 537	n = 538	n = 505	n = 535

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