PDF IS 13501 (1984): Methods of Test for Coal and Coke, Part I: Proximate ...
The results of proximate analysis are generally recorded as a percentage of the airdriedmaterial. The ash may be expressed on 'dry' basis. Volatile matter and fixed carbon may be expressed on 'dry'basis,, dry ashfree' basis or 'dry mineral free (drnf)' basis. Such figures are arrived at by calculation from the'airdried'basis results. 6.