Table 2.
Summary of precision (repeatability as percent coefficient of variation intrarun (%CVr) and reproducibility as %CVR inter-run), and percent recovery (%R) ranges for each element in working bee and beehive products applying two different digestion methods prior to analysis by ICP-MS and ICP-OES (for S).
| Isotope/Element a | Method A | Method B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %CVr Intraday (n = 3) | %CVR Interday (n = 9) | %R (n = 3) | %CVr Intraday (n = 3) | %CVR Interday (n = 9) | %R (n = 3) | |
| 27Al | 1.8–24 | 1.5–25 | 96–126 | 5.4–27 | 15–25 | 97–124 |
| 75As | 1.8–21 | 17–27 | 88–124 | 5.0–29 | 17–30 | 90–119 |
| 11B | 0.2–24 | 6.5–19 | 84–102 | 2.2–32 | 7.6–25 | 86–100 |
| 137Ba | 0.6–23 | 11–25 | 103–122 | 1.2–21 | 17–30 | 101–112 |
| 9Be | 0.9–13 | 8.2–24 | 86–97 | 14–22 | 21–30 | 90–101 |
| 209Bi | 1.8–17 | 11–21 | 85–107 | 3.1–25 | 19–31 | 86–110 |
| 44Ca | 1.4–12 | 7.2–25 | 79–127 | 5.7–26 | 14–26 | 82–127 |
| 112Cd | 0.7–19 | 9.1–25 | 83–100 | 1.5–22 | 19–30 | 83–104 |
| 140Ce | 1.1–19 | 8.7–26 | 96–123 | 1.0–25 | 10–30 | 98–119 |
| 59Co | 0.8–13 | 1.1–25 | 81–105 | 0.4–27 | 9.2–27 | 84–102 |
| 52Cr | 0.7–19 | 2.0–22 | 91–101 | 8.9–26 | 20–31 | 94–107 |
| 133Cs | 0.7–6.4 | 9.1–25 | 99–123 | 3.3–14 | 3.3–30 | 99–119 |
| 65Cu | 1.3–23 | 4.6–23 | 82–121 | 1.1–18 | 5.4–28 | 87–111 |
| 56Fe | 0.5–7.7 | 3.6–13 | 88–120 | 0.9–25 | 5.9–25 | 92–116 |
| 71Ga | 1.2–23 | 13–24 | 83–130 | 1.1–25 | 7.4–31 | 86–130 |
| 39K | 0.9–22 | 1.3–21 | 87–124 | 0.8–10 | 6.7–13 | 87–121 |
| 139La | 1.2–10 | 5.0–24 | 90–114 | 0.5–24 | 8.1–29 | 92–114 |
| 7Li | 0.2–11 | 3.8–24 | 90–118 | 1.5–23 | 14–21 | 90–120 |
| 24Mg | 0.01–9.0 | 5.2–25 | 82–108 | 0.5–19 | 7.0–23 | 82–110 |
| 55Mn | 0.4–17 | 12–25 | 84–125 | 0.7–24 | 3.7–24 | 86–115 |
| 98Mo | 0.3–6 | 10–25 | 95–117 | 1.9–25 | 1.9–25 | 94–114 |
| 23Na | 0.6–6.7 | 4.9–21 | 80–125 | 2.2–17 | 6.5–26 | 84–122 |
| 93Nb | 1.5–20 | 8.0–24 | 85–122 | 3.6–22 | 11–27 | 86–116 |
| 60Ni | 0.9–17 | 13–22 | 83–97 | 0.4–23 | 8.6–29 | 82–99 |
| 31P | 0.5–11 | 4.2–20 | 80–122 | 0.5–23 | 5.7–25 | 81–123 |
| 208Pb | 1.6–23 | 12–24 | 80–121 | 2.7–24 | 16–27 | 86–116 |
| 85Rb | 3.6–11 | 4.5–25 | 96–120 | 0.8–23 | 7.3–30 | 92–117 |
| S | 7.5–9.1 | 6.8–11 | 96–110 | 1.7–10 | 4.1–11 | 97–111 |
| 121Sb | 0.2–17 | 11–26 | 81–100 | 13–23 | 15–27 | 84–98 |
| 76Se | 0.4–18 | 16–26 | 83–108 | 3.4–24 | 13–30 | 82–102 |
| 28Si | 1.4–15 | 4.2–26 | 101–126 | 1.8–21 | 4.1–28 | 98–122 |
| 118Sn | 2.0–14 | 5.7–26 | 81–101 | 2.7–23 | 15–31 | 86–101 |
| 88Sr | 1.3–15 | 0.6–25 | 89–121 | 0.5–24 | 15–34 | 84–119 |
| 125Te | 0.7–15 | 7.0–26 | 81–89 | 3.0–17 | 27–30 | 81–90 |
| 49Ti | 1.2–22 | 6.8–18 | 95–128 | 0.2–19 | 3.5–30 | 96–118 |
| 205Tl | 1.6–19 | 13–20 | 94–124 | 1.0–19 | 11–24 | 96–120 |
| 238U | 1.7–21 | 9.8–29 | 87–110 | 1.9–21 | 15–26 | 87–110 |
| 51V | 0.3–19 | 9.4–25 | 83–111 | 1.2–22 | 10–30 | 86–106 |
| 182W | 1.8–7 | 19–26 | 84–113 | 0.6–15 | 11–30 | 84–116 |
| 66Zn | 0.3–24 | 5.2–25 | 88–126 | 1.3–21 | 10–29 | 86–124 |
| 90Zr | 1.2–21 | 11–25 | 90–112 | 2.3–17 | 13–31 | 92–114 |
a Isotopes were reported for all the analyzed elements by ICP-MS. Sulfur was determined by ICP-OES.