Proposed standard WK48796, Practice for Determination of Water-Soluble Alkali Content in Coal, will help predict deposits caused by combustion gases in boilers of coal fired power plants. Interested parties, particularly coal chemists, are invited to join development of said standard, which is in development by Subcommittee D05.21 on Methods of Analysis. Those benefiting from this standard will include producers, labs, utilities, and auditors/accreditation bodies.