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Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Relative mass percentages of metal elements to total elements detected by X-ray fluorescence analysis

From: Factors governing cesium adsorption of charcoals in aqueous solution

Charcoal

Element (relative mass%**)

Mg

Al

K

Ca

Ti

Mn

Fe

Cu

Ni

Zn

Sr

OC*

ND

0.40

30.0

64.2

ND

2.21

0.45

0.09

0.09

ND

0.19

MC

ND

0.54

7.47

83.4

ND

1.77

ND

ND

0.29

ND

1.26

BC

ND

0.58

28.5

59.6

ND

6.19

0.49

1.10

0.16

0.14

0.49

  1. OC Japanese oak charcoal, MC mangrove charcoal, BC bincho charcoal, ND not detected
  2. * Part of the data on OC has been published previously [9]
  3. ** Relative mass percentages were calculated by dividing the mass of an element by the total mass of elements with atomic numbers greater than eleven
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