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AGDB measured parameter: Na2O_pct_ES_Q

Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by quant direct-current arc emission spectrography.
Rank of this parameter in measurements of : 8

Reference for the analytical method

Author Baedecker, Philip A., editor
Year 1987
Title Methods for geochemical analysis
Series U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Issue 1770
Pages 1 v.: ill.; 28 cm
URL http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1770
Notes Includes bibliographies. Analytical methods used in the Geologic Division laboratories of the U.S. Geological Survey for the inorganic chemical analysis of rock and mineral samples.
Organization USGS-BAL

Other parameters measuring Na2O:

Parameter Description
Na2OCV_pct_NA Sodium, as sodium dioxide, coefficient of variance, in percent, by neutron activation.
Na2O_pct_AA Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by flame-atomic absorption spectrophotometry.
Na2O_pct_AA_FE Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by flame emission spectrophotometry.
Na2O_pct_AES_AR Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy after aqua regia digestion.
Na2O_pct_AES_HF Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy after multi-acid digestion with HF.
Na2O_pct_AES_SF Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy after sinter or fusion digestion.
Na2O_pct_ES Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by semi-quant direct-current arc emission spectrography.
Na2O_pct_ES_Q Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by quant direct-current arc emission spectrography.
Na2O_pct_MS_HF Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy after multi-acid digestion with HF.
Na2O_pct_NA Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by neutron activation.
Na2O_pct_WDX Sodium, as sodium dioxide, in weight percent, by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy.

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