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Published in final edited form as: Environ Geochem Health. 2017 Mar 9;40(5):1785–1802. doi: 10.1007/s10653-017-9926-5

Table 1.

Diameter, length, and elemental distribution (% atoms) of actinolite fibers for five different samples ( L/D ratio: length to diameter ratio, Std D: standard deviation)

Sample	Length (μm)	Diameter (μm)	L/D ratio	O (at%)	Na (at%)	Mg (at%)	Al (at%)	Si (at%)	S (at%)	Cl (at%)	K (at%)	Ca (at%)	Ti (at%)	Mn (at%)	Fe s(at%)
D₁	67.61	3.10	21.81	40.75	0.11	3.36	2.15	4.92	1.11	0.03	0.76	1.46	0.09	0.03	3.51
SP₆	36.74	2.26	16.26	22.74	0.06	0.67	0.18	0.5	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.14	ND	ND	1.74
D₃	71.05	3.47	20.48	42.44	ND	3.94	1.89	4.76	0.15	0.07	0.65	0.8	0.08	0.02	3.25
D₄	55.46	3.65	15.19	22.58	0.04	1.67	0.16	2.46	0.21	0.01	0.01	0.13	ND	ND	2.47
D₁₀	7.35	0.41	17.93	24.2	0.04	1.05	0.16	1.01	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.12	ND	ND	1.87
SP₂	0.38	0.02	24.24	33.66	ND	3.36	0.07	4.62	0.21	0.01	ND	0.06	ND	ND	1.25
SP₅	0.0015	0.0002	7.50	28.71	0.05	1.93	0.15	2.41	ND	0.01	0.01	0.09	ND	ND	1.53
Mean	34.08	1.84	18.52	30.73	0.06	2.28	0.68	2.95	0.29	0.02	0.24	0.40	0.09	0.03	2.23
Std D	28.95	1.50	19.30	8.40	0.29	1.27	0.92	1.84	0.41	0.02	0.37	0.53	0.01	0.01	0.87