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Tessier sequential extraction on 17 elements from three marine sediment certified reference materials (HISS-1, MESS-4, and PACS-3)

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The four-step Tessier sequential extraction procedure is a well-known approach used for environmental and geochemical studies in soil and sediments. However, a lack of reference materials limits its use making implementation and quality control cumbersome. This study applied Tessier sequential extraction to three globally used marine sediment certified reference materials (CRMs) including HISS-1, MESS-4, and PACS-3 with varying levels of contamination. The study analyzed the distribution of 17 elements throughout the extraction phases. Overall, the percent recovery (sum of steps vs total metal concentration) of all analyzed elements in Tessier extraction was 92% + 40% in HISS-1, 101% + 12% in MESS-4, and 102% + 10% in PACS-3. The observed uncertainty of the individual elemental concentrations averaged at 13%, which compares favorably with the 16% target uncertainty derived from the Horwitz equation. The reference data set produced here using the Tessier sequential extraction procedure will serve as a quality control and method development tool for laboratories.

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Abbreviations

°C:

Degree Celsius

μm:

Micrometer

BCR:

Community Bureau of Reference

CI:

Confidence interval

CRC:

Collision reaction cell

CRM(s):

Certified reference material(s)

DIW:

Deionized water

eV:

Electron volt

Ext sol#:

Extraction solution

g:

Gram

h:

Hour

ICP:

Inductively coupled plasma

ISO:

International Organization for Standardization

L:

Liter

log:

Logarithm

mol L−1 :

Mole per liter

mg:

Milligram

min:

Minute

mL:

Milliliter

MS:

Mass spectrometry

MΩ-cm :

Megohm-centimeter

na:

Not applicable

nd:

Not detected

nr:

Not reported

NRC:

National Research Council Canada

OES:

Optical emission spectrometry

rpm:

Revolutions per minute

RSD:

Relative standard deviation

SD:

Standard deviation

S R :

Reproducibility standard deviation

u std :

Standard uncertainty

U :

Expanded uncertainty

v:

Volume

w:

Weight

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The authors would like to thank the Inorganic Metrology Group and the Environmental Advances in Mining Program at the National Research Council of Canada for support of materials and facilities required to complete this project.

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Kumkrong, P., Mihai, O., Mercier, P.H.J. et al. Tessier sequential extraction on 17 elements from three marine sediment certified reference materials (HISS-1, MESS-4, and PACS-3). Anal Bioanal Chem 413, 1047–1057 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-020-03063-z

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