Table 1 Measurement uncertainties associated with the measured cations.

From: Multi-year time series of daily solute and isotope measurements from three Swiss pre-Alpine catchments

Determinand

Chemical symbol

Detection limit [µg/L]

ICP-MS mode

Barium

Ba

1

No Gas

Calcium

Ca

1

No Gas

Chromium

Cr

0.50

He*/H2

Copper

Cu

1

He*/H2

Iron

Fe

0.1

H2

Potassium

K

0.1

He*/H2

Magnesium

Mg

0.1

He*/H2

Sodium

Na

0.1

He*/H2

Strontium

Sr

0.005

He*/H2

  1. *until 19 Jan 2021.
  2. after 19 Jan 2021
  3. Detection limits are calculated as 10 times the standard deviation of 10 injections of the blank (nanopure).