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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Bioanal Chem. 2018 Nov 22;411(3):765–776. doi: 10.1007/s00216-018-1498-4

Table 4.

Accumulated blanks from the reagents used in column chemistry, and procedural blanks for the full trace metal separation protocol

Elements Reagent (n = 3) Procedural (n = 5)
AVE ± SD (ng) AVE ± SD (ng)
Cu 0.044 ± 0.006 0.20 ± 0.06
Ga < 0.002 0.001 ± 0.001
Fe 0.37 ± 0.05 1.7 ± 0.3
Zn 0.64 ± 0.07 9.8 ± 0.2
Cd < 0.001 < 0.001