Chemical Species, Micromorphology, and XRD Fingerprint Analysis of Tibetan Medicine Zuotai Containing Mercury

Table 2

Elemental contents in nine Zuotai samples by energy dispersive spectrometry of X-ray (EDX).

Samples	Items	O	Al	S	Fe	Cu	Hg
#1	Weight %	6.36	0.42	23.06	0.62	0.83	68.72
	Atomic %	26.52	1.04	47.98	0.74	0.87	22.86
#2	Weight %	6.44	—	38.98	0.67	—	53.92
	Atomic %	21.19	—	64.03	0.63	—	14.16
#3	Weight %	4.06	—	32.44	—	—	63.5
	Atomic %	16.03	—	63.96	—	—	20.01
#4	Weight %	3.01	—	31.89	—	—	65.1
	Atomic %	12.5	—	65.97	—	—	21.53
#5	Weight %	3.71	—	31.11	—	—	65.18
	Atomic %	15.18	—	63.54	—	—	21.28
#6	Weight %	4.09	—	20.14	0.53	—	75.24
	Atomic %	20.16	—	49.52	0.75	—	29.58
#7	Weight %	3.36	—	20.8	0.71	—	75.12
	Atomic %	16.87	—	52.06	1.02	—	30.05
#8	Weight %	3.22	—	22.57	0.6	—	73.61
	Atomic %	15.67	—	54.88	0.84	—	28.61
#9	Weight %	2.76	—	22.52	0.66	—	74.06
	Atomic %	13.75	—	55.91	0.94	—	29.39

Note: #1 is the sample of Aba Prefecture Tibetan Medicine Hospital; #2 is the sample of Gan’na Prefecture Tibetan Medicine Hospital; #3, #4, and #5 are the samples of the Company of Tibetan Medicine of Tibetan Traditional Medical College; #6, #7, and #8 are the samples of Qinghai Province Tibetan Medicine Hospital; #9 is the sample of the Company of Tibetan Medicine of Tibetan Autonomous Region.