A compilation of silicon and thirty one trace elements measured in the natural river water reference material SLRS-4 (NRC-CNRC)

Abstract

The natural river water certified reference material SLRS-4 (NRC-CNRC, National Research Coundl-Conseil National de Recherches Canada) has been routinely analysed for major and trace elements by six French laboratories. Most measurements were made using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. For silicon and thirty one trace elements (rare earth elements. Ag, B, Br, Cs, Ga, Ge, Li, P, Pd, Rb, Se, Th, Ti, Tl, W, Y and Zr), no certified values are assigned by NRC-CNRC. We propose some compilation values and related uncertainties according to the results obtained by the different laboratories.