Research Article

Determination of Potassium, Sodium, and Total Alkalies in Portland Cement, Fly Ash, Admixtures, and Water of Concrete by a Simple Flow Injection Flame Photometric System

Table 3

Contents of sodium, potassium, and total alkalies determined by FI-FES and batchwise FES methods.

Sample% Na2O% K2O% Total alkalies
FI-FESFESFI-FESFESFI-FESFES

Cement
 1 0 . 1 2 4 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 2 1 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 2 9 9 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 2 9 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.3210.313
 2 0 . 2 6 7 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 2 6 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 3 3 2 ± 0 . 0 0 4 0 . 3 2 2 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0.4850.474
 3 0 . 1 2 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 1 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 2 6 8 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 2 6 5 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2990.291
 4 0 . 0 5 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 5 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 5 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.0870.076
 5 0 . 4 3 7 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 4 3 5 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 6 0 0 ± 0 . 0 0 7 0 . 6 3 7 ± 0 . 0 0 3 0.8310.855
 6 0 . 0 7 6 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 7 0 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 3 1 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 1 2 8 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.1620.155
 7 0 . 1 0 8 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 0 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 2 7 7 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 2 7 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2910.286
 8 0 . 1 3 9 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 3 4 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 2 9 4 ± 0 . 0 0 4 0 . 2 9 0 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.3330.325
 9 0 . 0 9 8 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 0 9 1 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 2 4 9 ± 0 . 0 0 3 0 . 2 4 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2620.254
 10 0 . 1 1 8 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 1 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 3 2 6 ± 0 . 0 0 5 0 . 3 2 6 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.3330.327
Fly ash
 11 0 . 0 7 9 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 0 7 4 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 3 9 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 3 5 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.1040.098
 12 0 . 0 2 6 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 2 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 3 5 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 3 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.0490.045
 13 1 . 6 0 8 ± 0 . 0 3 5 1 . 5 9 5 ± 0 . 0 0 8 1 . 3 3 9 ± 0 . 0 1 6 1 . 4 5 5 ± 0 . 0 0 7 2.4892.553
 14 0 . 5 4 7 ± 0 . 0 0 6 0 . 5 7 4 ± 0 . 0 1 3 0 . 5 7 1 ± 0 . 0 1 3 0 . 6 2 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.9220.986
 15 0 . 1 5 5 ± 0 . 0 0 4 0 . 1 4 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 7 2 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 1 6 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2680.257
 16 1 . 6 6 4 ± 0 . 0 3 7 1 . 6 5 8 ± 0 . 0 0 8 1 . 4 0 7 ± 0 . 0 1 2 1 . 5 5 2 ± 0 . 0 0 7 2.5902.680
 17 1 . 9 8 9 ± 0 . 0 1 6 1 . 9 8 3 ± 0 . 0 0 8 1 . 5 4 3 ± 0 . 0 1 7 1 . 6 6 4 ± 0 . 0 0 7 3.0053.077
 18 0 . 0 9 8 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 9 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 7 7 ± 0 . 0 0 3 0 . 1 7 4 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2140.207
 19 1 . 7 7 1 ± 0 . 0 3 4 1 . 7 6 3 ± 0 . 0 0 8 1 . 4 9 0 ± 0 . 0 0 5 1 . 6 3 9 ± 0 . 0 0 7 2.7512.841
 20 1 . 8 3 9 ± 0 . 0 2 3 1 . 8 3 7 ± 0 . 0 1 5 1 . 3 3 3 ± 0 . 0 0 6 1 . 4 6 1 ± 0 . 0 1 2 2.7152.798
Admixture
 21 0 . 1 5 9 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 6 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 4 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.1680.171
 22 0 . 1 5 8 ± 0 . 0 0 3 0 . 1 5 9 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 8 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 5 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.1640.162
 23 0 . 1 5 3 ± 0 . 0 0 5 0 . 1 5 0 ± 0 . 0 0 3 0 . 0 2 0 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.1660.161
 24 4 . 5 8 4 ± 0 . 0 9 9 4 . 5 5 5 ± 0 . 0 1 4 0 . 0 1 4 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 1 ± 0 . 0 0 1 4.5934.562
 25 2 . 1 8 2 ± 0 . 0 2 6 2 . 1 6 5 ± 0 . 0 0 8 0 . 1 8 6 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 9 9 ± 0 . 0 0 1 2.3052.296
 26 0 . 1 5 7 ± 0 . 0 0 5 0 . 1 5 3 ± 0 . 0 0 3 0 . 0 1 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 5 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.1680.163
 27 0 . 1 9 5 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 8 6 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 6 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2060.195
 28 0 . 1 6 1 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 5 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 1 0 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.1690.164
 29 0 . 1 7 0 ± 0 . 0 0 6 0 . 1 6 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 9 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 5 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.1750.170
 30 0 . 1 7 8 ± 0 . 0 0 5 0 . 1 6 8 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 2 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 2 2 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.1920.183
Water
 31 0 . 2 0 3 ± 0 . 0 0 4 0 . 1 9 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2320.225
 32 0 . 1 9 6 ± 0 . 0 0 4 0 . 1 9 4 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2240.223
 33 0 . 1 9 0 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 8 6 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 4 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 5 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2190.216
 34 0 . 2 3 5 ± 0 . 0 0 5 0 . 2 3 4 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 4 8 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 5 0 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2670.267
 35 0 . 2 3 9 ± 0 . 0 0 5 0 . 2 2 7 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 5 1 ± 0 . 0 0 2 0 . 0 5 3 ± 0 . 0 0 1 0.2720.261