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   *Ionization potentials (eV): Mg1=7.64624, MgII=15.03528, SrII=11.03013, CaI=
   6.11316, CaII=11.87172, LiI=5.39172, KI=4.34066, NaI=5.13908 [65], **LC=
   limiting case (see text): LC 1A=LTE, LC 1B=Pre-LTE, LC 1C=Pre-LTE(analyte)/
 LTE(Interferent), CL = confidence level [59,60].
  | Analyte* | M* | Slope | Intercept | R2 | ΔEa (Expt) | ΔEa (Theoretical, eV)** |  
  | LC 1A | LC 1B | LC 1C |  
  | (a) FAAS experiment |  
  | MgI | Ca | 6.34×10-4 |  |  | -1.5168 | 0 | -0.721 | -5.335 |  
  | MgI | Sr | 4.84×10-4 |  |  | -1.6924 | 0 | -1.952 | -7.422 |  
  | (a) FAES experiment |  
  | Mg(I) | K | 4.43×10-5 | 1.14648 | 0.851 | -2.223 | 0 | -3.306 | -7.646 |  
  | K(I) | Na | 2.91×10-5 | 1.21180 | 0.798 | -2.316 | 0 | +0.798 | -4.341 |  
  | (b) ICP-AES: Atom line: ne = nMII |  
  | CaI | Li | 2.50×10-4 |  |  | -6.62 | 0 | -.0721 | -5.335 |  
  | (c) ICP-AES: Ion line: ne = nMIII |  
  | CaII | Li | 1.83 |  |  | -9.83 | 0 | -6.478 | -11.09 |  
  | MgII | Li | 1.51 |  |  | -13.52 | 0 | -9.641 | -14.26 |  
  | Mg(II) | Li | 1.32×10-5 | 1.01889 | 0.992 | -8.713 | 0 | -9.644 | -14.260 |  
  | Mg(II) | K | 1.51×10-5 | 1.00707 | 0.990 | -8.609 | 0 | -10.695 | -14.260 |  
  | Sr(II) | Li | 1.15×10-5 | 1.04741 | 0.979 | -8.820 | 0 | -5.638 | -10.254 |  
  | Sr(II) | K | 1.28×10-5 | 1.02957 | 0.913 | -8.737 | 0 | -6.690 | -10.254 |  
  | Ca(II) | Li | 4.25×10-6 | 0.95376 | 0.876 | -9.592 | 0 | -7.531 | -11.096 |  |