| Methods |
Sample |
24Mg ppm |
29Si ppm |
44Ca ppm |
47Ti ppm |
56Fe ppm |
59Co ppm |
66Zn ppm |
88Sr ppm |
208Pb ppm |
ICP-MS |
Autoclaved bone pellets |
150.1 ± 2.8 |
6.19 ± 1.92 |
9807.2 ± 83.6 |
0.68 ± 0.13 |
2.9 ± 0.57 |
0.0016 ± 0.00028 |
2.95 ± 0.18 |
10.54 ± 1.38 |
0.0092 ± 0.0004 |
| Non-autoclaved bone pellets |
156.9 ± 3.2 |
6.89 ± 1.99 |
9828.4 ± 66.4 |
0.62 ± 0.12 |
2.64 ± 0.5 |
0.031 ± 0.0016 |
3.14 ± 0.28 |
19.48 ± 0.92 |
0.0081 ± 0.0002 |
| Naïve bone fragments |
536.9 ± 394 |
274.3 ± 271.15 |
9619.3 ± 189.8 |
8.84 ± 9.25 |
33.88 ± 28.48 |
12.78 ± 10.86 |
29.9 ± 17.34 |
10.03 ± 0.5 |
0.06 ± 0.061 |
ICP-AES |
Non-autoclaved bone powders |
247.4 ± 25.7 |
1.13 ± 0.17 |
13105 ± 1123.5 |
-0.44 ± 0.041 |
2.78 ± 0.324 |
0.82 ± 0.027 |
5.1 ± 0.19 |
27.2 ± 0.91 |
-0.76 ± 0.102 |
|
| *Note: ± values are standard deviations calculated from 25 replicates for each group |
| Table 2: Elemental contents (ppm) for bovine bone samples. |
