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. 2021 Jun 16;11:12722. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92017-1

Table 3.

X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis for BSA, (a) percentages of oxide elements (%) and (b) percentages of non-oxides element (%).

(a) Percentage of oxides element (%) Chemical formula Current research Mohamad21 Kanning et al.15 Beddu et al.17 and Abd Manan et al.23 ASTM24
BSA Banana skin powder Banana leaves ash Fly ash Bottom ash OPC Class F fly ash Class C fly ash
Silicon dioxide SiO2 14.6222 55.98 48.7 46.8 50.75 20.6 52 35
Magnesium oxide MgO 8.891 1.08 1.15 0.34 2.2
Sulphur trioxide SO3 1.817 0.10 0.53 0.75 2.7 0.8 4.1
Calcium oxide CaO 4.12 8.95 3.32 7.37 62.9 5 21
Potassium oxide K2O 51.977 28.75 1.34 2.68 0.5 2.0 0.7
Aluminium oxide Al2O3 0.256 2.71 2.6 18.41 17.91 4.4 23 18
Iron (II) oxide Fe2O3 0.211 1.36 1.4 6.08 17.94 3.3 11 6
Phosphorus pentoxide P2O5 4.728
Zinc oxide ZnO 4.711
Manganese (II) oxide MnO 0.728
Dysprosium (III) oxide Dy2O3 0.207
Rubidium oxide Rb2O 0.077
Barium oxide BaO 0.039
Strontium oxide SrO 0.038
Praseodymium (III) oxide Pr2O3 0.037
Yttrium oxide Y2O3 0.003
Sodium oxide Na2O - 0.21
(b) Percentage of non-oxides element (%) Chemical formula Current research Anwanhange et al.26
Potassium K 43.149 39.9
Oxygen O 26.398
Chlorine Cl 7.4952
Silicon Si 6.8347
Magnesium Mg 5.3615
Zinc Zn 3.7847
Calcium Ca 2.9443 9.7
Phosphorus P 2.0635
Sulfur S 0.72751
Manganese Mn 0.56355 38.3
Dysprosium Dy 0.18079
Iron Fe 0.14779 0.3
Aluminium Al 0.13534
Rubidium Rb 0.070671 0.11
Bromine Br 0.042598 0.02
Barium Ba 0.032296
Strontium Sr 0.032296 0.02
Praseodymium Pr 0.031814
Yttrium Y 0.002491
Sodium Na 12.2
Zirconium Zr 0.01
Niobium Nb 0.01