Accurate Determination of Boron Content in Halite by ICP-OES and ICP-MS

Table 4

The separation effect by boron-special resin and mixed resins.

Sample	The amount of ions /μg				Total amount of; foreign ions /μg	The amount of boron /μg	The relative content /%
	Na^+	Li^+	Mg^2+	Cl^-
Big Qaidam	0.2	0	0.08	0.13	0.41	24.3 (24.1)	98.3(98.3)
Inter-crystalline Brine	0.26	0.45	0.04	0.32	1.07	48.6(48.3)	97.9(97.8)
Lake water	0.17	0	0.05	0.25	0.47	14.9(15.1)	97.0(96.98)
Synthetic brine	0.08	0	0.02	0.1	0.2	17.6(17.5)	98.9(98.87)
Brine-500	0.1	0	0	0.3	0.4	40.85(40.3)	99.0(99.02)
Brine-5000	0.2	0	0	0.4	0.6	41.25(40.9)	98.57(98.55)
Brine-50000	0.3	0	0	0.7	1.0	41.58(40.7)	97.65(97.6)

The data in the parentheses represented the results of measuring by ICP-MS, and the other data represented the results of measuring by ICP-OES.