ASTM E1915-13
Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials for Carbon, Sulfur, and Acid-Base Characteristics
- Standard No.
- ASTM E1915-13
- Release Date
- 2013
- Published By
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- Status
- Replace By
- ASTM E1915-20
- Latest
- ASTM E1915-20
- Scope
4.1 These test methods are primarily intended to test materials for compliance with compositional specifications and for monitoring.
4.1.1 The determination of carbon and sulfur and acid neutralization potential in ores and related materials is necessary to classify ores for metallurgical processing and to classify waste materials from the mining and processing of ores such as leach residues, waste rock, and tailings according to their potential to generate acid in the environment. This information is useful during mine development to assist in mining and mineral processing operations and for proper disposal of waste materials.
4.1.1.1 The use of the acid neutralization potential titration low range method is most useful where acidity is present in the samples and when acid potential by titration is desired in the uncertain content range below 2 % CaCO3.
4.1.2 These test methods are also used to isolate minerals based on carbon and sulfur contents of metal-bearing ores and related materials so that acid-base accounting can be performed (that is, carbonate mineral acid neutralization potential (ANP) minus sulfide-sulfur mineral acid generation potential (AGP) = net calcium carbonate (NCC)).
4.1.3 Additionally, the carbon hydrochloric acid insoluble test method has utility to identify the amount of organic carbon contained in gold ores so that potential for preg robbing can be identified and rectified through established pretreatment methods prior to cyanidation. Warning—Pyrolysis pretreatment at 5508201;°C has a potential to thermally decompose some carbonate minerals: (1) transition metal carbonates (for example, siderite, FeCO3, and rhodochrosite, MnCO3) decompose, yielding carbon dioxide, CO2, in the range of 2208201;°C to 5208201;°C; (2) calcite decomposes slightly between 3008201;°C and 5008201;°C, although most decomposition occurs above 5508201;°C; (3) dolomite decomposes at 8008201;°C to 9008201;°C (Hammack, 1994, p. 440).3
4.2 These test methods also may be used for the classification of rock to be used in construction, where the potential to generate acid under environmental conditions exists.
4.3 It is assumed that the users of these test methods will be trained analysts capable of performing common laboratory procedures skillfully and safely. It is expected that work will be performed in a properly equipped laboratory and that proper waste disposal procedures will be followed. Appropriate quality control practices such as those described in Guide E882 must be followed.
1.1 These test methods cover the determination of total carbon and sulfur and acid-base characteristics in metal bearing ores and related materials such as leach residues, tailings, and waste rock within the following ranges:
ASTM E1915-13 Referenced Document
- ASTM D1067 Standard Test Methods for Acidity or Alkalinity of Water
- ASTM D1193 Standard Specification for Reagent Water
- ASTM D1976 Standard Test Method for Elements in Water by Inductively-Coupled Argon Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
- ASTM D5673 Standard Test Method for Elements in Water by Inductively Coupled Plasma8212;Mass Spectrometry
- ASTM D5744 Standard Test Method for Accelerated Weathering of Solid Materials Using a Modified Humidity Cell
- ASTM D6234 Standard Test Method for Shake Extraction of Mining Waste by the Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure
- ASTM E1019 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Carbon, Sulfur, Nitrogen, and Oxygen in Steel and in Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys*， 2024-04-20 Update
- ASTM E135 Standard Terminology Relating to Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores, and Related Materials
- ASTM E1601 Standard Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Evaluate the Performance of an Analytical Method
- ASTM E1950 Standard Practice for Reporting Results from Methods of Chemical Analysis
- ASTM E2242 Standard Test Method for Column Percolation Extraction of Mine Rock by the Meteoric Water Mobility Procedure
- ASTM E29 Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
- ASTM E50 Standard Practice for Apparatus, Reagents, and safety Precautions for Chemical Analysis of Metals
- ASTM E882 Standard Guide for Accountability and Quality Control in the Chemical Analysis Laboratory
ASTM E1915-13 history
- 2020 ASTM E1915-20 Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials for Carbon, Sulfur, and Acid-Base Characteristics
- 2013 ASTM E1915-13 Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials for Carbon, Sulfur, and Acid-Base Characteristics
- 2011 ASTM E1915-11 Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials for Carbon, Sulfur, and Acid-Base Characteristics
- 2009 ASTM E1915-09 Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials for Carbon, Sulfur, and Acid-Base Characteristics
- 2007 ASTM E1915-07a Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials by Combustion Infrared-Absorption Spectrometry
- 2007 ASTM E1915-07 Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials by Combustion Infrared-Absorption Spectrometry
- 2005 ASTM E1915-05 Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials by Combustion Infrared Absorption Spectrometry
- 2001 ASTM E1915-01 Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials by Combustion Infrared Absorption Spectrometry
- 1999 ASTM E1915-99 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Metal Bearing Ores and Related Materials by Combustion Infrared Absorption Spectrometry
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