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AGDB measured parameter: Pt_ppm_FA_AA

Platinum, in parts per million by weight, by PbO fire assay and flame-atomic absorption spectrophotometry

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 Pt

Parameter Description
Pt_ppm_ES_SQ Platinum, in parts per million by weight, by semi-quantitative visual 6-step or direct reader direct-current arc emission spectrography
Pt_ppm_FA_AA Platinum, in parts per million by weight, by PbO fire assay and flame-atomic absorption spectrophotometry
Pt_ppm_FA_ES Platinum, in parts per million by weight, by PbO fire assay and quantitative direct-current arc emission spectrography
Pt_ppm_FA_MS Platinum, in parts per million by weight, by NiS fire assay and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy
Pt_ppm_MS_AR_P Platinum, in parts per million by weight, by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy after partial digestion with aqua regia