ASTM E2201-02

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Designation: E 2201 – 02
Standard Terminology for
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Coal Combustion Products
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 2201; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope aggregate, lightweight (LWA), n—aggregate of low density.
Examples of LWA include coal bottom ash, pumice, scoria,
1.1 This standard defines terms used in the production,
volcanic cinders, tuff, and diatomite; expanded or sintered
management and use of coal combustion products (CCPs). It is
clay, shale, slate, diatomaceous shale, perlite, vermiculite, or
intended to promote understanding by providing precise tech-
slag; and bonded or sintered coal combustion products
nical definitions of terms used.
(CCPs) used to produce lightweight concrete or component
1.2 Terms used only within an individual coal combustion
products.
product (CCP) standard, and having a meaning unique to that
alkali, n—salts of alkali metals, principally sodium and
standard, may be defined or explained in the terminology
potassium; a hydroxide or carbonate of an alkali metal.
section of that individual standard.
alkali metal, n—a metal in Group 1A of the Periodic Table,
2. Terminology
that is, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and
francium.
acid mine drainage (AMD), n—water exhibiting a pH of less
alkalinity, n—the capacity of water to neutralize acids, a
than 6.0 and in which total acidity exceeds total alkalinity,
property imparted by the water’s content of carbonates,
discharged from an active, inactive or abandoned coal mine
bicarbonates, and hydroxides and occasionally borates, sili-
and reclamation operation or from an area affected by
cates, and phosphates. It is often expressed in milligrams per
surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
liter of calcium carbonate (see calcium carbonate equiva-
acid mine water, n—see AMD.
lent).
admixture, n—a material other than water, aggregates, hy-
ammoniated ash, n—ash that contains ammonia and/or am-
draulic cement, and fiber reinforcement, used as an ingredi-
monium salts as a result of the addition of ammonia or
ent of concrete or mortar, and added to the concrete batch
ammonium salts to the flue gas at the power plant.
immediately before or during its mixing.
angle of repose, n—the maximum angle from horizontal at
advanced sulfur control products (ASC), n—products gen-
which a given material will rest on a particular stationary
erated from advanced coal conversion technologies includ-
surface without sliding or rolling.
ing FBC (fluidized-bed combustion) and gasification and
aquifer , n—a geologic formation, group of formations, or part
products from advanced environmental emission cleanup
of a formation that is saturated with water and capable of
technologies such as duct injection and lime injection
providing a significant quantity of water.
multiphase burners (LIMB). The type of by-product is
ash pond, n—an impoundment or surface impoundment used
technology-dependent and could be a bed ash and high-lime
to store or dispose of ash primarily from the combustion of
fly ash for an FBC technology, etc.
coal. See surface impoundment.
aeration, n—exposing a substance or area to air circulation;
baghouse, n—a facility that removes fly ash from the flue gas
the process of mixing air with a pulverized fuel or a
by the use of fabric filter bags.
powdered material such as fly ash in a transport pipe or
batch, n—quantity of concrete, mortar, ash grout, or flowable
storage bin.
fill mixed at one time.
aggregate, n—granular material such as sand, gravel, crushed
beneficial use of a CCP, n—the use of or substitution of the
stone, crushed hydraulic-cement concrete, iron blast furnace
coal combustion product (CCP) for another product based on
slag, or coal bottom ash and boiler slag used as a component
performance criteria. For purposes of this definition, benefi-
in concrete or mortar with a hydraulic cementing medium to
cial use includes but is not restricted to raw feed for cement
produce either concrete or mortar.
clinker, concrete, grout, flowable fill, controlled low strength
material; structural fill; road base/sub-base; soil- modifica-
tion; mineral filler; snow and ice traction control; blasting
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E50 on
grit and abrasives; roofing granules; mining applications;
Environmental Assessment and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E50.03
wallboard; waste stabilization/solidification; soil amendment
on Environmental Risk Management/Sustainable Development/Pollution Preven-
and agriculture.
tion.
Current edition approved March 10, 200
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