Research Article

The Effect of Isotopic Composition on the Uncertainty of Routine Metal Mass Concentration Measurements in Ambient Air

Table 1

Agreement between the measured abundances for the isotopes used for quantifications and the expected abundance ranges.

Isotope used for quantificationAgreement with predicted range

5 0 V No +0.01%
5 2 C r No, −0.1%
5 6 F e No, +0.4%
6 0 N i No, +0.3%
6 3 C u Yes
6 6 Z n Yes
1 1 1 C d Yes
1 9 4 P t Yes
2 0 0 H g Yes
2 0 8 P b Yes