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AGDB measured parameter: Fe2O3_pct_CM_Fuse

Ferric iron, as iron trioxide, in weight percent, by spectrophotometry after NaOH or LiBO2-Li2B4O7 fusion, computed as FeTO3 less FeO

Reference for the analytical method

Author Baedecker, Philip A., editor
Year 1987
Title Methods for geochemical analysis
Series 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 Fe2O3

Parameter Description
Fe2O3_pct_AES_Fuse Ferric iron, as iron trioxide, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy after LiBO2 or LiBO2-Li2B4O7 fusion
Fe2O3_pct_CM_Fuse Ferric iron, as iron trioxide, in weight percent, by spectrophotometry after NaOH or LiBO2-Li2B4O7 fusion, computed as FeTO3 less FeO
Fe2O3_pct_TT_Fuse Ferric iron, as iron trioxide, in weight percent, by titration after fusion