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Table T1. Reproducibility and external reproducibility of the seaFAST2 method.

Standard/Reference
material
Rare earth element:
La
Ce
Pr
Nd
Sm
Eu
Gd
Tb
Dy
Ho
Er
Tm
Yb
Lu
NBP1097 (N = 18) Average (pM): 39.8 19.8 7.1 27.3 6.2 2.2 7.5 2.6 9.3 3.5 8.3 2.4 9.3 2.4
1σ (pM): 3.2 4.0 0.4 2.1 0.7 0.2 1.7 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.05 0.5 0.1
RSD (%): 8 20 6 8 11 8 22 4 5 3 5 2 5 3
PPREE1 (N = 10)       Average (ppm): 85.9 171.5 21.5 95.1 21.9 6.5 26.2 4.4 23.8 4.9 12.7 1.9 8.9 1.3
1σ (ppm): 6.4 10.7 1.2 4.7 1.4 0.3 1.9 0.6 1.8 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.1
Most probable value (ppm)*: 80.4 161.2 21.2 92.3 20.3 5.95 23.8 3.65 22.0 4.43 11.9 1.48 8.2 1.12
Mean average deviation (ppm)*: 5.9 8 1.3 5.7 1.5 0.48 1.7 0.33 0.7 0.09 0.4 0.05 0.13 0.03
  Detection limit (pM): 1.52 2.73 0.28 2.60 0.18 0.08 1.30 0.06 0.60 0.12 0.12 0.02 0.06 0.02

* = from Verplanck et al., 2001. RSD = relative standard deviation.

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