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Table 3 Repeatability INAA measurements in obsidian matrix

From: Mediterranean and Near East obsidian reference samples to establish artefacts provenance

 

Mean

St. Dev.

Min

Max

CV%

As

23.3

2.0

21.5

26.1

8.5

Ba

330

8

319

339

2.5

Ce

211

2

209

212

0.7

Co

1.36

0.11

1.23

1.51

8.1

Cr

0.845

0.073

0.710

0.982

8.6

Cs

18.8

0.4

18.2

19.1

2.0

Eu

2.03

0.07

1.92

2.11

3.4

Fe

24193

336

23690

24646

1.4

Hf

11.2

0.5

10.4

11.8

4.7

La

33.4

0.7

32.1

34.0

2.1

Nd

1048

19

1027

1069

1.8

Rb

276

11

264

291

4.1

Sb

2.85

0.15

2.65

3.02

5.3

Sc

2.26

0.11

2.09

2.32

4.9

Se

6.20

0.19

6.07

6.42

3.1

Sm

12.4

0.30

10.0

10.5

2.4

Sr

300

8

292

310

2.5

Ta

3.41

0.07

3.27

3.46

2.0

Th

31.7

0.8

30.3

32.3

2.5

U

6.81

0.04

6.76

6.85

0.7

Yb

4.97

0.11

4.83

5.07

2.2

Zn

71.0

2.3

67.1

73.8

3.2

Zr

421

12

401

429

2.9

  1. Mean value (μg g−1), standard deviation, minimum and maximum values (μg g-1) along with the Coefficient of Variation (CV%) obtained analyzing the same obsidian sample (deposit in Procida Mt. in Gulf of Naples) by means of 7 γ-spectrometry measures.