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. 2021 Feb 26;11(15):8927–8939. doi: 10.1039/d0ra10120f

XRF chemical composition of recovered amorphous silica using procedure A and B. nd: not detected. Others contains: Fe2O3, ZnO, CuO, MnO and BaO.

Compositions Procedure A Procedure B
Silica BA Silica ECO Silica MCYC Silica BA Silica ECO Silica MCYC
Results in wt%
SiO2 23.38 14.98 21.70 77.48 80.30 73.11
Na2O 22.99 19.39 16.89 9.29 8.68 9.30
SO3 35.35 39.08 35.17 10.67 9.32 5.78
P2O5 3.68 2.93 4.61 0.09 0.08 0.30
K2O 11.08 20.53 17.65 0.12 0.08 1.05
Cl 0.71 1.43 2.31 0.08 0.04 0.02
CaO 0.59 0.01 0.01 0.09 0.03 0.02
MgO 0.54 0.45 0.40 0.13 nd nd
Al2O3 0.52 0.11 0.18 0.42 0.20 8.30
Others 0.13 0.06 0.03 0.47 0.15 1.05