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Forty‐Nine Major and Trace Element Concentrations Measured in Soil Reference Materials NIST SRM 2586, 2587, 2709a, 2710a and 2711a Using ICP ‐ MS and Wavelength Dispersive‐ XRF
Author(s) -
Byers Harris L.,
McHenry Lindsay J.,
Grundl Timothy J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
geostandards and geoanalytical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.037
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1751-908X
pISSN - 1639-4488
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-908x.2016.00376.x
Subject(s) - nist , calibration , analytical chemistry (journal) , trace element , chemistry , trace (psycholinguistics) , chromatography , mathematics , computer science , statistics , natural language processing , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry
Excellent agreement was noted in the concentration of major and trace elements in five NIST (National Institute for Science and Technology) soil reference materials ( NIST SRM 2586, 2587, 2709a, 2710a and 2711a) between measurement results from wavelength dispersive‐ XRF and ICP ‐ MS from two independent laboratories, and NIST certificate of analysis and literature data. We describe the variability in concentrations of up to forty‐nine elements (plus loss on ignition) and provide values for up to twenty‐one elements previously uncharacterised by NIST in these soil RM s. The additional characterisation provided in this investigation can be utilised to reduce the measurement bias of custom calibration routines and improve the quality of control checks developed using these NIST RM s.