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bertoni · 10/12/2017, 01:34 PM

ICP-OIS tends to be fairly inaccurate unless run very carefully, and careful testing is expensive. Tests run for hobbyists have been shown to have problems with trace elements, for example. I'd be cautious about trusting the results.

10/12/2017, 01:34 PM	#19
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	ICP-OIS tends to be fairly inaccurate unless run very carefully, and careful testing is expensive. Tests run for hobbyists have been shown to have problems with trace elements, for example. I'd be cautious about trusting the results. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni