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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 5.

Elemental recoveries for trace elements and REEs after third Mg(OH)2 coprecipitation of 10 mL seawater to 1 mL volume. Results are mean ± standard deviation for four replicates (n = 4)

Element/Isotope Recovery (%) Element/Isotope Recovery (%)
27Al 97 ± 7 45Sc 104 ± 7
51V 96 ± 4 89Y 105 ± 6
52Cr 96 ± 4 139La 101 ± 7
55Mn 97 ± 5 140Ce 101 ± 8
56Fe 98 ± 7 141Pr 101 ± 6
59Co 93± 4 146Nd 97 ± 7
60Ni 92 ± 6 149Sm 98 ± 7
63Cu 99 ± 7 153Eu 96 ± 7
68Zn 92 ± 8 157Gd 100 ± 6
69Ga 93 ± 4 159Tb 96 ± 5
75As 92 ± 5 163Dy 94 ± 6
82Se 96 + 5 165Ho 96 ± 5
112Cd 92 ± 5 167Er 94± 7
120Sn 101 ± 5 169Tm 94 ± 6
121Sb 88 ± 4 172Yb 101 ± 5
208Pb 94± 4 175Lu 93 ± 6
232Th 85 ± 7
238U 90 ± 7