12 | AcmeLabs Schedule of Services & F ees 2013 Rock & Drill Core Soil, T ill & Sediment *The digestion is only partial for some S, Cr and Ba miner - als and some oxides of Al, Hf, Mn, Sn, T a, Zr . ‡V olatilization during fuming may result in some loss of As, Sb and Au. Geochemical 4-Acid Digestion Gr oup 1E Detection Gr oup 1EX Detection Upper Limit a g 0.5 ppm 0.1 ppm 200 ppm a l* 0.01 % 0.01 % 20 % a s ‡ 5 ppm 1 ppm 10000 ppm a u ‡ 4 ppm 0.1 ppm 200 ppm Ba* 1 ppm 1 ppm 10000 ppm Be* 1 ppm 1 ppm 1000 ppm Bi 5 ppm 0.1 ppm 4000 ppm Ca 0.01 % 0.01 % 40 % Cd 0.4 ppm 0.1 ppm 4000 ppm Ce – 1 ppm 2000 ppm Co 2 ppm 0.2 ppm 4000 ppm Cr ‡ 2 ppm 1 ppm 10000 ppm Cu 2 ppm 0.1 ppm 10000 ppm f e* 0.01 % 0.01 % 60 % Hf* – 0.1 ppm 1000 ppm i n – 0.05 ppm 1000 ppm K 0.01 % 0.01 % 10 % l a 2 ppm 0.1 ppm 2000 ppm l i – 0.1 ppm 2000 ppm Mg* 0.01 % 0.01 % 30 % Mn* 5 ppm 1 ppm 10000 ppm Mo 2 ppm 0.1 ppm 4000 ppm n a 0.01 % 0.001 % 10 % n b 2 ppm 0.1 ppm 2000 ppm n i 2 ppm 0.1 ppm 10000 ppm P 0.002 % 0.001 % 5 % Pb 5 ppm 0.1 ppm 10000 ppm r b – 0.1 ppm 2000 ppm r e – 0.005 ppm 100 ppm s * 0.1 % 0.1 % 10 % s b ‡ 5 ppm 0.1 ppm 4000 ppm s c 1 ppm 1 ppm 200 ppm s e – 1 ppm 1000 ppm s n* 2 ppm 0.1 ppm 2000 ppm s r 2 ppm 1 ppm 10000 ppm t a * – 0.1 ppm 2000 ppm t e – 0.5 ppm 1000 ppm t h 2 ppm 0.1 ppm 4000 ppm t i 0.01 % 0.001 % 10 % t l – 0.5 ppm 10000 ppm U 20 ppm 0.1 ppm 4000 ppm V 2 ppm 4 ppm 10000 ppm W* 4 ppm 0.1 ppm 200 ppm Y 2 ppm 0.1 ppm 2000 ppm Zn 2 ppm 1 ppm 10000 ppm Zr* 2 ppm 0.1 ppm 2000 ppm Gr oups 1E & 1EX ICP-ES & ICP-MS Combines a strong multi-acid digestion that dissolves most minerals with a choice of either ICP-ES or ICP-MS analysis and you get highly cost-ef fective near -total determina - tions with low to very low detection limits. A 0.25g split is heated in HNO 3 -HClO 4 -HF to fuming and taken to dryness. The residue is dissolved in HCl. Solutions are analysed by your choice of ICP-ES (Group 1E) or ICP-MS (Group 1EX). Requires minimum 1g sample pulp. Co d e G r o u p 1 E C d n 3 6 ele m e n t s $ 13 . 2 5 + G 8 07 H g ( a d d o n ) + $ 11 . 5 5 Co d e G r o u p 1 E X C d n 4 6 ele m e n t s $ 18 . 75 + G 8 07 H g ( a d d o n ) + $ 11 . 5 5 Soil, T ill & Sediment