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Table T3. Precision and accuracy for major and trace element analyses by ICP-AES, Expedition 329.

  Wavelength accepted BCR-2 (n = 24) BAS-206 (n = 8)
Accepted international Shipboard average Uncertainty SD (%) Accepted average* Shipboard average Uncertainty SD (%)
Major element oxide (wt%):
SiO2 251.611 54.1 54.6 0.65 1.19 49.29 49.4 0.86 1.75
Al2O3 396.152 13.6 13.5 0.39 2.92 14.46 13.8 0.15 1.06
Fe2O3(T) 239.563 13.4 14.0 0.26 1.87 15.48 14.5 0.13 0.89
MnO2 257.61 0.2 0.2 0.01 5.15 0.26 0.2 0.02 6.54
MgO 285.213 3.4 3.9 0.18 4.51 6.94 6.8 0.10 1.54
CaO 317.933 7.0 7.4 0.30 4.05 9.63 9.8 0.29 2.99
Na2O 589.592 3.3 3.4 0.25 7.33 2.72 2.8 0.05 1.79
K2O 766.491 1.7 1.8 0.09 4.69 0.16 0.2 0.06 25.75
TiO2 337.28 2.3 2.2 0.10 4.51 2.12 1.9 0.07 3.40
P2O5 214.914 0.4 0.4 0.06 13.25 0.20 0.2 0.05 19.92
Trace element (ppm):
Ba 493.409 683 540 98.37 18.22 44.7 14.3 36.97 258.73
Co 228.615 42 51 2.64 5.22 53.8 59.8 3.47 5.80
Cu 324.754 19 NR 67.9 58.6 8.61 14.68
Ni 231.604 12 11 3.62 32.79 51.2 49.2 2.32 4.72
Sc 361.383 33 33 1.08 3.29 46.9 50.2 0.54 1.08
Sr 407.771
421.552
346 342 13.24 3.87 100.1 99.5 2.48 2.50
V 292.401 416 411 8.18 1.99 469.0 455.0 6.04 1.33
Zn 213.856 127 132 5.93 4.49 192.3 125.6 3.49 2.78
Zr 343.823 188 179 12.89 7.19 124.5 112.6 2.90 2.58

* = based on multiple repeat runs of BAS-206 standard against known internationally accepted standards carried out at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom. n = number of replicates, SD = standard deviation. NR = not reported, — = not analyzed.

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