Element

Parameter (unit)

Repeatability (RSD %) within laboratory

reproducibility (RSD %)

Recovery (%)

LOD (mg/kg)

LOQ (mg/kg)

Working

range (mg/kg)

Correlation coefficient

Expanded uncertainties (U(%) (k = 2))

Spiked level concentration (mg/kg)

1.00

5.00

8.00

1.00

5.00

8.00

1.00

5.00

8.00

As

5.3

2.2

1.8

6.1

2.8

2.5

105.7

96.4

87.6

0.052

0.054

0.05 - 10.00

0.9996

2.3

Cd

2.1

1.0

1.9

2.8

1.3

2.4

96.7

85.5

99.6

0.055

0.057

0.05 - 10.00

1.0000

1.1

Pb

3.9

2.1

1.7

4.3

2.7

1.9

90.4

93.1

92.2

0.068

0.074

0.05 - 10.00

0.9997

3.0

Cr

8.6

5.8

1.8

9.9

6.7

2.2

100.5

102.6

98.4

0.066

0.070

0.05 - 10.00

0.9999

3.7

Ni

9.9

4.5

3.6

10.1

5.0

3.8

90.4

83.8

96.6

0.076

0.080

0.05 - 10.00

0.9998

3.1

Se

4.8

4.0

5.9

6.9

4.8

7.7

99.5

100.6

101.0

0.076

0.090

0.05 - 10.00

0.9996

4.1

Cu

1.6

2.2

2.0

3.9

2.6

2.4

110.2

95.4

98.0

0.073

0.083

0.05 - 10.00

0.9997

1.4

Mn

7.2

6.7

5.0

8.8

7.4

6.3

97.5

93.2

95.7

0.065

0.075

0.05 - 10.00

0.9999

4.5

Mo

5.7

1.6

2.8

5.9

1.9

3.7

98.2

81.0

94.8

0.058

0.062

0.05 - 10.00

0.9999

2.1

Co

4.1

4.8

1.6

4.8

7.4

1.9

103.5

97.2

99.0

0.056

0.060

0.05 - 10.00

0.9997

3.4

Zn

5.1

3.1

4.9

5.5

3.6

5.2

100.4

94.1

94.7

0.716

0.985

0.5 - 10.00

0.9997

4.8

Spiked level concentration (mg/kg)

0.125

0.625

1.00

0.125

0.625

1.00

0.125

0.625

1.00

Hg

7.9

3.3

2.6

8.1

3.6

2.9

87.0

84.5

98.7

0.042

0.048

0.05 - 2.50

0.9999

2.4

2.5

12.5

20.0

2.5

12.5

20.0

2.5

12.5

20.0

Fe

5.6

2.4

1.6

7.0

2.6

1.9

81.0

82.3

105.4

0.786

1.217

0.5 - 25.00

0.9996

6.0