Table T7. Reproducibility (±1 standard deviation) of sediment dissolution ICP-AES analyses results, Leg 208.
Species
Reproducibility
(%)
Consistency 
standard
(%)
H3BO3 ±2.41 ±9.47
Na+ ±3.31 ±21.9
Mg2+ ±1.15 ±5.16
K+ ±2.20 ±20.9
Ca2+ ±1.83 ±1.76
Mn2+ ±1.22 ±2.82
Fe2+ ±8.42 ±16.5
Sr2+ ±0.99 ±2.97
Ba2+ ±3.51 ±3.91

Note: ICP-AES = inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectroscopy.