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Table 2 Normalized major element contents of the glass standards (ED-XRF) (wt%)

From: The chemical composition and manufacturing technology of glass beads excavated from the Hetian Bizili site, Xinjiang

 

Na2O

MgO

Al2O3

SiO2

P2O5

K2O

CaO

Fe2O3

PbO

Corning B

 Average

15.8

1.1

4.6

62.8

0.8

1.0

8.7

0.4

0.6

 RSD %

14.0

63.0

10.0

1.0

8.0

4.0

2.0

7.0

4.0

 Reference composition wt%

17.00

1.03

4.36

61.60

0.82

1.00

8.56

0.34

0.61

 Absolute error wt%

− 1.20

0.07

0.24

1.20

− 0.02

0.00

0.14

0.06

− 0.01

 Relative error %

7.06

6.80

5.50

1.95

2.44

0.00

1.64

17.65

1.64

Corning C

 Average

1.6

2.5

0.7

35.7

0.1

2.6

4.8

0.3

35.3

 RSD %

58.0

60.0

50.0

4.0

19.0

15.0

10.0

14.0

6.0

 Reference composition wt%

1.07

2.76

0.87

34.90

0.14

2.84

5.07

0.34

36.70

 Absolute error wt%

0.49

− 0.29

− 0.13

0.81

0.01

− 0.21

− 0.28

− 0.03

− 1.39

 Relative error %

45.36

10.69

14.90

2.33

4.29

7.51

5.61

7.55

3.79

Corning D

 Average

1.2

4.8

5.0

54.6

5.9

12.6

13.6

0.4

0.4

 RSD %

91.8

11.2

2.8

1.8

3.5

1.6

1.1

1.5

1.3

 Reference composition wt%

1.20

3.94

5.31

55.24

3.93

11.30

14.80

0.52

0.48

 Absolute error wt%

0.0

0.9

− 0.3

− 0.6

2.0

1.3

− 1.2

− 0.1

− 0.1

 Relative error %

0.00

21.83

5.84

1.16

50.13

11.50

8.11

23.08

16.67