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Table VI.

Relative standard uncertainty of trueness component estimated from spiked milk samples.

Element Method (mg·kg−1) wspike (mg·kg−1) u(wspike) (mg·kg−1) (mg·kg−1) (mg·kg−1) tcal
Mn FAAS 0.14 0.097 0.001 0.24 0.009 0.11 0.2
0.14 0.093 0.001 0.23 0.008 0.11 0.8
0.14 0.25 0.001 0.36 0.013 0.06 1.8
Cr ETAAS 0.038 0.0041 0.00007 0.0089 0.00087 0.17 1.5
0.038 0.010 0.00017 0.013 0.00087 0.13 0.58
Mo ETAAS 0.029 0.010 0.00017 0.015 0.0015 0.14 1.8
0.029 0.009 0.00017 0.012 0.0012 0.15 0.4
0.029 0.020 0.00033 0.025 0.0028 0.13 0.9
Cd ETAAS 0.0020 0.00005 0.0021 0.00019 0.09 1.0
0.0020 0.00005 0.0021 0.00019 0.09 1.2
0.0051 0.00010 0.0060 0.00052 0.09 1.9
0.0050 0.00010 0.0060 0.00052 0.09 2.0
Pb ETAAS 0.019 0.0030 0.0022 0.0019 0.09 1.3
0.039 0.0070 0.0046 0.0039 0.09 1.8
0.039 0.0070 0.0040 0.0034 0.09 0.1
0.060 0.0012 0.0065 0.0057 0.09 0.9
Ni ETAAS 0.014 0.00025 0.012 0.0011 0.08 1.7
0.014 0.00025 0.011 0.0010 0.08 2.0
Co ETAAS 0.014 0.00025 0.012 0.0011 0.09 1.6
0.014 0.00025 0.011 0.0010 0.09 2.0

, mass fraction of each element; wspike, mass fraction of the spiked element; u(wspike), standard uncertainty of the spiked mass fraction; , observed mass fraction; , relative standard uncertainty of the recovery; , relative standard uncertainty of the mean recovery (equation (9)); tcal, significant statistic test [6]; –, results lower than the limit of quantification (mass fraction).