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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Chim Acta. 2018 Jan 20;1008:18–28. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.01.017

Table 4.

Effect of sequential precipitations on removal of matrix ions from seawater with TEA-assisted Mg(OH)2 coprecipitation. Values (µg mL−1) are mean ± standard deviation for four replicates (n = 4)

Element Coprecipitation number

1st 2nd 3rd

Na 2650 ± 225 74 ± 16 4.5 ± 1.0
K 71 ± 12 3.8 ± 0.8 0.7 ± 0.1
Ca 48 ± 8 5.8 ±1.2 1.2 ± 0.05
Mg 2196 ± 154 935 ± 118 737 ± 127