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Instrumental neutron activation analysis was used to measure the concentrations of 24 elements in four honey brands commercially available in Austin, Texas (USA). The measured elements (and concentration) were: As, (<30 ng/g); Ba, (<2 μg/g); Br, (0.24–0.49 μg/g); Ce, (<20 ng/g); Co, (9–180 ng/g); Cr, (37–64 ng/g); Cs, (<3–45 ng/g); Fe, (<4–15.9 μg/g); Hf, (<3 ng/g); Hg, (1 ng/g); K, (91–230 μg/g); La, (<4 ng/g); Na, (20.3–25.3 μg/g); Ni, (0.39–0.77 μg/g); Rb, (68–340 ng/g); Sb, (13–61 ng/g); Sc, (<0.3–200 ng/g); Se, (<20 ng/g); Sm, (<9 ng/g); Sr, (<2 ng/g); Th, (<4 ng/g); U, (<30 ng/g); Zn, (3.36–4.61 μg/g); and Zr, (<0.5–0.84 μg/g). The results obtained were compared to the concentration of the same elements in honey produced or commercially available in Turkey, Mexico, El-Salvador, China, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
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Iskander, F.Y. Trace and minor elements in four commercial honey brands. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 201, 401–408 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164216
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