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AGDB measured parameter: Na_pct_ES_Q

Sodium, in weight percent, by quantitative direct-current arc emission spectrography

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 Na

Parameter Description
Na_meq100g_AA_F_CX_P Sodium, in milliequivalents per 100 grams, by flame-atomic absorption spectrophotometry after partial digestion and cation exchange
Na_meqL_AA_F_H2O_P Sodium, in milliequivalent grams per liter, by flame-atomic absorption spectrophotometry after solution extraction
Na_pct_AA_FE Sodium, in weight percent, by flame emission spectroscopy after multi-acid digestion with HF, or after LiBO2-Li2B4O7 fusion
Na_pct_AA_F_Fuse Sodium, in weight percent, by flame-atomic absorption spectrophotometry after LiBO2-Li2B4O7 fusion
Na_pct_AES_AR_P Sodium, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy after partial digestion with aqua regia
Na_pct_AES_Fuse Sodium, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy after LiBO2 or LiBO2-Li2B4O7 fusion
Na_pct_AES_HF Sodium, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy after HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4 digestion
Na_pct_ES_Q Sodium, in weight percent, by quantitative direct-current arc emission spectrography
Na_pct_ES_SQ Sodium, in weight percent, by semi-quantitative visual 6-step or direct reader direct-current arc emission spectrography
Na_pct_MS_AR_P Sodium, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy after partial digestion with aqua regia
Na_pct_MS_HF Sodium, in weight percent, by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy after HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4 digestion
Na_pct_NA Sodium, in weight percent, by neutron activation
Na_pct_WDX_Fuse Sodium, in weight percent, by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy after LiBO2 or LiBO2-Li2B4O7 fusion