Processing option: Oxygen by Stoichiometry (Normalized)
Spectrum
In stats
C
Na
Mg
Al
Si
S
Ca
O
Total
Spectrum 1
Yes
26.07
0.61
0.47
0.08
0.35
0.19
0.62
71.01
100.00
Mean
26.07
0.61
0.47
0.08
0.35
0.19
0.62
71.01
100.00
Std. deviation
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Max
26.07
0.61
0.47
0.08
0.35
0.19
0.62
71.01
Min
26.07
0.61
0.47
0.08
0.35
0.19
0.62
71.01
All results in weight %
Table 1: The frustule of diatom is made up of quartzite or amorphous hydrated silica, which can be associated with small amounts of aluminum, iron and titanium. As can
be seen from the table the silica is really too poor (<3%) to be a diatom.
