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. 2020 Dec 24;9(1):36. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9010036

Table 3.

The average content (wt%) of the main impurity elements in the biodeposits.

Component Type of Biodeposit
I II III IV
Na2O 2.0 1 3.0 1 1.7 1 1.5 1
MgO 10.2 1 4.0 1 3.8 1 1.9 1
Al2O3 10.9 1 16.6 1 11.2 1 8.5 1
SiO2 12.3 2 11.1 2 29.4 3 50.6 3
K2O 7.6 1 8.0 1 3.9 1 2.1 1
CaO 1.1 2 3.0 2 4.1 3 4.8 3
TiO2 0.9 1 1.8 1 0.9 1 0.6 1
MnO 0.1 1 0.2 1 0.1 1 0.1 1
FeO 2.3 2 1.5 2 8.7 3 4.5 3

Notes: 1 ICP analysis; 2 Electron probe microanalysis; 3 X-ray fluorescence analysis.