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Table 5 Quantitative chemical analysis from EDS sum-spectra per bulk grain population for populations with > 0.5 area % contribution, reported as oxide (or element) wt% and normalised to 100% of the elements above detection limit (values > 3-sigma error in quantification result)

From: A method for analysis of nuisance dust from integrated steel works: chemical and mineralogical characteristics of contributing sources

Source /mat

Pop

Area % pop

Na2O

MgO

Al2O3

SiO2

P2O5

SO3

Cl

K2O

CaO

TiO2

V2O5

MnO

FeO

ZnO

1

w

4.88

1.0

4.4

4.1

13

4.3

2.4

0.5

0.1

39

2.4

1.1

4.3

24

-

1

x

7.20

0.9

3.0

3.5

14

4.0

6.7

0.6

0.1

42

2.2

0.9

3.0

19

-

1

y

14.23

0.5

2.4

2.2

13

1.6

2.0

0.2

-

50

1.9

0.9

3.3

23

0.1

1

z

17.20

0.7

2.6

2.5

12

1.6

6.3

0.3

0.1

46

1.8

0.8

3.3

22

0.1

1

aa

3.65

0.4

6.1

2.4

5.7

1.1

1.9

0.2

-

29

1.7

0.8

7.5

43

0.1

1

ab

1.90

0.7

4.7

2.8

6.5

1.3

6.0

0.3

-

28

1.6

0.7

6.2

41

0.1

1

ac

0.58

0.1

21

1.3

3.2

0.5

1.0

0.1

-

13

0.9

0.5

13.5

45

-

1

an

1.12

0.4

1.5

7.4

4.6

0.4

2.5

0.4

0.2

39

3.3

1.2

2.4

37

-

2

v

0.71

0.8

8.2

8.6

14

1.0

4.0

0.4

0.1

42

1.5

0.4

2.3

16

-

2

q

2.26

0.5

6.4

2.4

16

1.7

2.4

0.3

0.1

41

1.9

1.0

5.6

21

-

3

ao

13.87

0.6

1.6

2.4

5.3

0.4

2.7

0.2

0.1

17

0.6

0.2

2.6

66

0.2

3

aq

10.86

0.5

1.1

2.1

2.7

0.3

1.5

0.1

0.1

5.5

0.4

0.1

0.7

85

-

4

ai

0.89

0.7

2.1

3.0

7.1

0.2

0.6

-

0.4

2.8

0.2

0.1

0.3

83

-

4

ap

2.46

0.6

1.7

3.1

6.1

0.1

1.0

-

0.1

4.5

0.3

0.1

0.6

82

-

5

al

2.39

0.3

0.9

1.0

1.9

0.1

0.6

-

-

2.5

0.1

0.1

0.4

92

-

10

af

4.60

0.3

3.7

31

3.7

0.6

2.7

0.2

-

47

1.1

-

2.3

7.7

-

11

n

1.58

0.4

33

2.4

5.5

0.5

5.3

0.3

-

35

0.6

0.6

3.5

13

-

13

l

0.50

-

42

1.0

32

-

0.4

-

0.2

5.5

0.3

0.2

0.7

19

-

16

s

1.21

1.2

2.7

14

38

0.6

1.1

0.1

0.9

19

1.1

0.0

0.4

21

-

17

t

1.33

0.4

1.6

1.8

2.7

0.5

3.2

0.3

0.1

66

1.3

0.4

3.2

18

-

17

u

0.56

0.4

1.5

1.9

2.8

0.4

5.1

0.4

0.2

49

0.6

0.4

2.4

35

-

18

j

0.51

0.5

0.5

0.9

74

0.5

3.0

0.2

-

8.0

0.7

0.1

0.4

12

-

22

i

0.56

0.5

3.8

26

53

0.8

2.8

0.2

0.7

4.4

1.0

-

0.5

7.2

-

26

aw

1.33

1.6

10

10

21

2.3

3.5

0.1

0.7

19

1.1

0.2

6.4

23

0.9

  1. Elements are reported with assumed oxide forms (except Cl). See Tables 3 and 2 for key to, respectively, populations and source/material