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Environmental Geochemistry

University of South Florida
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Detection limits for the Perkin-Elmer Optima 3000

 

Element
Detection Limit
Element
Detection Limit
Element
Detection Limit
 
(µg/l)
 
(µg/l)
 
(µg/l)
Li
0.3
As
3.6
Os
0.4
Be
0.017
Se
4.5
Ir
5
B
0.25
Rb
30
Pt
10
C
40
Sr
0.06
Au
4
Na
3
Y
0.3
Hg
1
Mg
0.1
Nb
5
Tl
3.5
Al
0.9
Zr
0.8
Pb
1.4
Si
4
Mo
2
Bi
20
P
30
Ru
6
Ce
5
Si
30
Th
5
Pr
1
K
20
Pd
3
Nd
1
Ca
0.02
Ag
1
Sm
2
Sc
0.3
Cd
0.07
Eu
0.1
V
0.15
In
9
Gd
1
Ti
0.5
Sn
30
Tb
2
Cr
0.25
Sb
4
Dy
2
Mn
0.03
Te
10
Ho
0.4
Fe
0.2
Cs
10
Er
1
Co
0.25
Ba
0.1
Tm
0.6
Cu
0.9
La
1
Yb
0.3
Ni
0.4
Hf
4
Lu
0.2
Zn
0.2
Ta
15
Th
70
Ga
4
W
8
U
15
Ge
20
Re
5
   


 

 

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