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Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Tue Apr 22 03:48:36 EDT 2014Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Virginia pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.This standard is for EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY.Manual on Drilling,Sampling,and Analysis of Coal Compiled by ASTM SUBCOMMIHEES D05.18 and D05.23 Edited by James A.Luppens,Stepiien E.Wilson,and Ronald W.Stanton m ASTM Manual Series:MNL 11 ASTM Publication Code No.(PCN):28-011092-13 1916 Race Street,Philadelphia,PA 19103 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Tue Apr 22 03:48:36 EDT 2014Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Virginia pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.This standard is for EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data American Society for Testirg and Materials.Joint Task Group on Core Sampling.Manual on drilling,sampling,and analysis of coal/compiled by ASTM Committee D05.18 and D05.23 Joint Task Group on Core Sampling.ASTM manual series;MNL 11.ASTM publication code number(PCN)28-011092.13.Includes biographical references and index.ISBN 0-8031-1464-8 1.Coalsampling.2.Borings.I.ASTM Committee D05.18 on Classification of Coal.11.ASTM Committee D05.23 on Sampling.TP325.A55 92-5556 662.62220 CIP Copyright 1992 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS,Philadelphia,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use,or the internal or personal use of specific clients,is granted by the AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS for users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center(CCC)Transactional Reporting Service,provided that the base fee of$2.50 per copy,plus$0.50 per page is paid directly to CCC,27 Congress St.,Salem,MA 01970;(508)744-3350.For those organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by CCC,a separate system of payment has been arranged.The fee code for users of the Transactional Reporting Service is 0-8031-1464-8 92$2.50+.50.Printed in Ann Arbor,Ml April 1992 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Tue Apr 22 03:48:36 EDT 2014Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Virginia pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.This standard is for EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY.Foreword In 1986,ASTM Committee D 225 published Standard Practice for the Collection of Channel Samples of Coal in the Mine(D 4596)which became a consensus standard for the collection of coal samples for rank determination using ASTM Classification D 388 and for other industrial purposes.At that time.Subcommittees D05.18 on Classification and DOS.23 on Sampling formed a joint task group to prepare a standard practice for the collection of coal samples from core.Although obtaining coal samples from core has been in common use for decades,information regarding recent advances in drilling technology and geophysical techniques was considered to be too volumi-nous for inclusion in a standard.The task group therefore synthesized current practice information to produce a manual that could be used in conjunction with a standard practice for sample collection.This manual is the product of that effort which,in turn,enabled the development of ASTM Standard Practice for Collection of Coal Samples from Core(D 5192).This publication has been prepared by the ASTM Committee DOS.18 and DOS.23 Joint Task Group on Coal Core Sampling through the contributions of task group members and their respective employers.James A.Luppens,Task Group Chairman Phillips Coal Co.Stephen E.Wilson,Secretary Christiansen Mining Products;formerly with Peabody Development Company Ronald W.Stanton,Editor U.S.Geological Survey Task Group Members Chester M.Bowling Arco Coal Company Ron Graham Commercial Testing and Engineering;formerly with AMAX Coal Co.Ralph J.Gray Ralph Gray Services Richard D.Harvey Illinois State Geological Survey Douglas B.Lowenhaupt Conoco Inc.James W.Robinson A.T.Massey Coal Co.James Rusnak Truco Diamond Products Gerald T.Skar Commercial Testing and Engineering;formerly with North American Coal Company Robert A.Stine,Past Task Group Chairman formerly with Consolidation Coal Co.Michael Trevits U.S.Bureau of Mines Paul West Falkirk Mining Co.Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Tue Apr 22 03:48:36 EDT 2014Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Virginia pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.This standard is for EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY.Contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1:Drilling Equipment 2 Types of Drilling Systems 2 Non-Core Systems 2 The Rotary Drill System 2 The Reverse Circulation Drill System 2 Coring Systems 3 The Conventional Drill Core System 3 The Wireline Drill-Core System 7 Coring Bits 7 Other Drilling Considerations 8 Drilling Fluids and Additives 8 Drilling Fluid Characteristics 9 Chapter 2:Geophysical Logg