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Table 3 Some elemental ratios for NIST 612 glass

From: Trace element analysis of whole-rock glass beads of geological reference materials by Nd:YAG UV 213 nm LA-ICP-MS

Elemental ratio

Initial 30 s

Reduction interval (60 s)

Final 30 s

238U/232Th

Avg

1.05

1.02

1.02

SD

0.08

0.02

0.04

RSD (%)

7.62

2.09

3.60

139La/172Yb

Avg

1.31

1.25

1.26

SD

0.25

0.04

0.05

RSD (%)

19.13

3.26

3.77

93Nb/89Y

Avg

0.82

0.82

0.82

SD

0.08

0.03

0.03

RSD (%)

9.84

3.18

3.43

85Rb/89Y

Avg

0.52

0.53

0.52

SD

0.03

0.01

0.02

RSD (%)

5.79

2.83

3.75

90Zr/178Hf

Avg

0.85

0.86

0.87

SD

0.07

0.04

0.04

RSD (%)

8.33

4.18

4.34

90Zr/89Y

Avg

0.52

0.50

0.50

SD

0.09

0.02

0.02

RSD (%)

18.19

3.12

3.39

  1. Avg average; SD standard deviation; RSD relative standard deviation