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Table 9 Uncertainty components of Cr in plant aqueous extracts and mass fraction in plant dry mass

From: Validation and measurement uncertainty evaluation of the ICP-OES method for the multi-elemental determination of essential and nonessential elements from medicinal plants and their aqueous extracts

Symbol

Unit

Plant aqueous extracts

Plant dry mass

Value

Standard uncertainty

r i

Value

Standard uncertainty

r i

C 1

mg L−1

0.00

0.004

0.5

0.00

0.004

0.5

C 2

mg L−1

0.05

0.004

0.5

0.05

0.004

0.5

C 3

mg L−1

0.10

0.004

0.4

0.10

0.004

0.5

C 4

mg L−1

0.20

0.004

0.4

0.20

0.004

0.4

C 5

mg L−1

0.40

0.004

0.3

0.40

0.004

0.3

C 6

mg L−1

0.60

0.004

0.3

0.60

0.004

0.3

C 7

mg L−1

0.80

0.004

0.0

0.80

0.004

0

C 8

mg L−1

1.00

0.004

0.1

1.00

0.004

0.1

A 1

-

20,190

3,028

0.4

20,190

3,028

0.4

A 2

-

55,030

1,045

0.0

55,030

1,045

0

A 3

-

95,540

840

0.0

95,540

840

0

A 4

-

181,800

1,181

0.0

181,800

1,181

0

A 5

-

355,180

1,882

0.0

355,180

1,882

0

A 6

-

529,800

3,284

0.2

529,800

3,284

0.2

A 7

-

703,882

3,097

0.1

703,882

3,097

0.1

A 8

-

880,011

5,104

0.1

880,011

5,104

0.1

A

-

255,400

1,127

0.1

31,140

4,670

0.1

R

-

1.00

0.015

20.4

1.00

0.027

35.8

F rep

-

1.00

0.029

76.2

1.00

0.029

60.7

C m

g L−1

-

-

-

10

0.001

0.0

Result

 

0.283 mg L−1

0.019 mg L−1 (6.7%, k = 2)

 

2.53 mg kg−1

0.202 mg kg−1 (9.0%, k = 2)

 
  1. C1 to C8 are the concentrations of calibration standard solutions; A1 to A8 are the respective standard solutions; A is the emission intensity of the sample; R is the recovery from CRM; and Frep is repeatability factor; C m is the concentration of measured sample in digested solution.