Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

Vanadium (V) Summary Statistics

Vanadium in West Virginia coals averaged 24.36 ppm (± 18.00 ppm) with a histogram skewed toward low values and a tail toward higher values with a maximum value of 155.32 ppm in the Upper Mercer coal (see cautionary note page). Vanadium correlated somewhat with ash yield, but highly with the ash related elements chromium (Cr), scandium (Sc), gallium (Ga), lithium (Li), lead (Pb), thorium (Th), niobium (Nb), zirconium (Zr), cesium (Cs) and yttrium (Y). Vanadium (V) also correlated with numerous rare earth elements including neodymium (Nd), europium (Eu), erbium (Er), holmium (Ho), samarium (Sm), cerium (Ce), ytterbium (Yb), gadolinium (Gd) and lutetium (Lu).

**Spearman Correlation Coefficients (r) with Vanadium**
Ash Yield	Cr	Sc	Ga	Nd	Li	Eu	Er	Pb	Th
+0.7304	+0.8569	+0.8378	+0.8335	+0.8278	+0.7785	+0.7650	+0.7619	+0.7618	+0.7511
n = 844	n = 843	n = 844	n = 843	n = 417	n = 844	n = 539	n = 207	n = 841	n = 821
Ho	Sm	Ce	Nb	Zr	Cs	Yb	Gd	Lu	Y
+0.7370	+0.7326	+0.7230	+0.7170	+0.7156	+0.7156	+0.7146	+0.7113	+0.7068	+0.6946
n = 48	n = 537	n = 545	n = 831	n = 746	n = 780	n = 546	n = 334	n = 502	n = 844

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