National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
ACIRL Quality Testing Services Pty Ltd - trading as ACTest
Site
ACIRL Brisbane Coal Testing Laboratory
Accreditation No.
15784
Site No.
857
Date of Accreditation
27 Oct 1970
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Analysis of biofuels, hydrocarbon fuels and related fuel products | Coal seam gas | Remaining gas content | Volumetric | AS 3980 | |
Lost gas content | Calculation | AS 3980 | |||
Measureable gas content | Volumetric | AS 3980 | |||
Analysis of coal and coke for coking behaviour | Coal | Caking power | Gray King coke test | AS 1038.12.2 BS 1016.107.2 ISO 502 | |
Caking index | Gravimetric | ISO 15585 BSISO 15585 GB/T 5447 | |||
Dilatation | Dilatometer | AS 1038.12.3 (2002) ISO 23873 | |||
Caking index | Roga index | ISO 335 (1974) | |||
Plasticity | Gieseler plastometer | AS 1038.12.4.1(1996) ASTM D2639 ISO 10329 | |||
Plasticity | Sapozhnikov test | GB/T 479 (Chinese) GOST 1186-87 (Russian) in-house method CBM-P024 | |||
Dilatation | Audibert-Arnu dilatometer | ISO 349 | |||
General analysis of coal, coke and related products | Coal | Crucible swelling number; Free swelling index | Visual examination | AS 1038.12.1 (2002) ISO 501 ASTM D720 | |
Relative density (specific gravity) | Density bottle | ISO 5072 | |||
Moisture holding capacity | Gravimetric | ASTM 1412 | |||
Chlorine | Eschka method | AS 1038.8.1 BS 1016.106.6.1 ISO 587 | |||
Relative ignition temperature | Gravimetric | in-house method CBM P026 | |||
Relative density (specific gravity) | Helium pycnometer | In-house method CBM-L032 | |||
Moisture - Total | Gravimetric | AS 1038.1 (2001) ASTM D3302 BS 1016.1 ISO 589 | |||
Moisture holding capacity | Gravimetric | AS 1038.17 | |||
Coal; Coke | Proximate analysis | Gravimetric | AS 1038.16 | ||
Ash | Gravimetric | AS 1038.3 (2000) ASTM D3174 ISO 1171 | |||
Fixed carbon | Gravimetric | AS 1038.3 (2000) ISO 17246 | |||
Sulfur - Total | Infrared (IR) | AS 1038.6.3.3 ASTM D4239 Method A ISO 19579 | |||
Volatile matter | Gravimetric | AS 1038.3 (2000) ISO 562 | |||
Relative density (specific gravity) | Density bottle | AS 1038.21.1.1 | |||
Carbonate carbon | Gravimetric | AS 1038.23 BS 1016.7 ISO 925 | |||
Ultimate analysis | Infrared (IR); Thermogravimetric analyser | AS 1038.6.4 ASTM D 5373 ISO 29541 | |||
Gross calorific value | Bomb calorimeter | AS 1038.5 (1998) ASTM D5865 ISO 1928 | |||
Moisture | Gravimetric | AS 1038 3 (2000) ASTM D3173 ISO 11722 | |||
Coke | Proximate analysis | Gravimetric | AS 1038.4 | ||
Moisture - Total | Gravimetric | AS 1038.2 | |||
Fly ash | Loss on ignition | Gravimetric | AS 3583.3 | ||
Moisture | Gravimetric | AS 3583.2 | |||
Preparation of coal, coke and related product samples for analysis | Coal | Total magnetic content | Gravimetric | AS4156.3 Part 7 only | |
Size analysis | Sieve analysis | AS 3881 (2002) ASTM D4749 BS 1016.109 ISO 1953 | |||
Froth flotation - Jameson cell | Gravimetric | In-house CBM-P017d | |||
Froth flotation - Ultimate | Gravimetric | in-house method CBM-P017c | |||
Sample preparation of coals and coke | Not applicable | AS 2856.1 ISO 7404.2 | |||
Float and sink analysis | Gravimetric | AS 4156.1 ISO 7936 | |||
Hardgrove grindability index | Sieve analysis | AS 1038.20 ASTM D409 BS 1016.112 ISO 5074 | |||
Abrasion index | Gravimetric | AS 1038.19 | |||
Coal; Coke | Apparent relative density | Gravimetric | AS 1038.26 ISO 5072 | ||
Sample collection | Coals, coke, charcoal and related products | Precision of sampling, sample preparation and testing | Automated | AS 4264.4 (2009) ISO 13909.7 ISO 13909.8 BS ISO 13909.7 BS ISO 13909.8 | |
Precision of sampling, sample preparation and testing | Automated | AS 4264.1 (2009) ASTM D2013ASTM D2234 ISO 13909.1 ISO 13909.2 ISO 13909.3 ISO 13909.4 BS ISO 13909.1 BS ISO 13909.2 BS ISO 13909.3 BS ISO 13909.4 | |||
Specialised analysis of coal, coke and related products | Coal | Maceral analysis | Microscopic examination | AS 2856.2 ISO 7404.3 | |
Reflectance | Microscopic examination | AS 2856.3 ISO 7404.5 | |||
Coal; Coke | Sulfur forms | Calculation; Gravimetric; UV-vis spectrophotometry | AS 1038.11 | ||
Ash fusibility | Visual examination | AS 1038.15 (1995) ASTM D1857 ISO 540 |
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Accreditation No.
15784
Site No.
857
Print date
17 Sep 2024