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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of elements contents (weight%) in KACST401 CRM

From: Between-bottle homogeneity test of new certified reference materials employing wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Element

Average

SD

RSD%

RAD%

Skewness

Kurtosis

Al

2.609

0.0107

0.41

0.28

1.52

2.71

Ba

0.030

0.0002

0.74

0.60

0.63

− 1.04

Br

0.002

0.0001

3.29

2.33

Ca

8.763

0.0640

0.73

0.66

0.42

− 2.45

Cl

0.228

0.0010

0.42

0.36

0.76

− 1.69

Cr

0.020

0.0014

7.05

6.11

0.31

− 1.93

Fe

0.855

0.0228

2.66

2.24

− 0.10

− 1.51

K

1.130

0.0173

1.53

1.26

0.00

− 1.98

Mg

1.073

0.0138

1.29

1.10

0.36

− 2.09

Mn

0.014

0.0009

6.61

5.19

0.13

− 0.26

Na

0.313

0.0018

0.57

0.50

0.30

− 2.15

Ni

0.013

0.0015

11.4

8.44

0.21

− 0.47

P

0.039

0.0018

4.78

3.93

− 0.51

− 1.48

Rb

0.004

0.0002

3.96

3.48

− 0.38

− 2.11

S

1.511

0.0168

1.11

0.86

− 0.31

− 1.47

Si

24.08

0.2116

0.88

0.64

1.44

2.08

Sr

0.032

0.0006

1.77

1.57

0.51

− 2.15

Ti

0.122

0.0027

2.24

1.97

− 0.21

− 2.38

Zn

0.004

0.0001

4.19

3.31

0.26

− 0.97

Zr

0.023

0.0004

1.57

1.21

0.98

0.69

  1. SD standard deviation, RSD relative standard deviation, RAD relative average deviation