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Table 3. Values for international reference standards.


BHVO-1 BIR-1 JB-1A
Major oxides (wt%, XRF by Copenhagen)









SiO2

50.02

47.82



TiO2

2.739

0.968



Al2O3

13.65

15.49



Fe2O3

11.92

11.27



FeO

0.00

0.00



MnO

0.17

0.17



MgO

7.28

9.68



CaO

11.42

13.31



Na2O

2.24

1.84



K2O

0.525

0.028



P2O5

0.28

0.03



Volatiles

-0.49

-0.6



Total

99.752

100.003










Trace elements (ppm, XRF by Edinburgh)









Nb

19.8

0.6



Zr

178.3

15.7



Y

27.9

15.9



Sr

403.9

108.3



Rb

9.4

0.3



Th

1.3

bdl



Pb

2.5

3.1



La

13.5

0.7



Ce

39.6

3.1



Nd

25.8

2.5



Zn

104.0

69.4



Cu

138.0

123.7



Ni

121.9

165.4



Co

288.8

382.2



Cr

292.6

317.8



V

133.6

9.0



Ba

30.9

42.1



Sc

21.7

16.3



Ga

41.3

51.7










Trace elements (ppm; INAA by Leicester)









La





36.5

Ce





63.6

Nd





24.2

Sm





4.93

Eu





1.44

Gd





4.28

Tb





0.56

Yb





2.01

Lu





0.29

Ta





1.56

Th





8.98

Hf





3.55

Sc





28.8

Co





41.3

U





1.8

Note: XRF = X-ray fluorescence, bdl = below detectable levels, INAA = instrumental neutron activation analysis.

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