ANALYTIC_METHOD	ANALYTIC_METHOD_DESC	DIGESTION_METHOD	ANALYTIC_METHOD_PUB_ID
AA/P_fusion-MIBK	molybdenum and antimony by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after K2S2O7 fusion, partial acid digestion and MIBK extraction.	fusion and acid	(200) Ci no. 948
AA/P_H2O	calcium, magnesium, manganese and arsenic in saturation paste of soil by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after water extraction.	H2O extract	(200) Ci no. 841
AA/P_HCl	copper and manganese by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after partial digestion with HCl.	HCl	(200) E no. 1289
AA/P_HCl-MIBK	silver, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, copper, lead, antimony, tin and zinc by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after digestion with HCl and selective organic extraction with 336-MIBK.	HCl	(200) Ci no. 948
AA/P_HNO3	silver, cadmium, copper, lead and zinc by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after partial digestion with hot HNO3.	hot HNO3	(200) Ci no. 948
AA_CVAA	mercury by cold-vapor atomic absorption spectrometry after multi-acid digestion and solution.	multi-acid	(200) R29o no. 96-525
AA_FAA_fusion	major and minor elements by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after fusion digestion.	fusion	(200) R29o no. 93-1-B
AA_FAA_HBr	silver, gold and tellurium by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after HBr-Br2 digestion and MIBK extraction.	HBr-Br2	(200) R29o no. 96-525
AA_FAA_HF	major and minor elements by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after multi-acid digestion with HF.	multi-acid with HF	(200) E no. 1770
AA_GFAA_HBr	gold and tellurium by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry after HBr-Br2 digestion and MIBK extraction.	HBr-Br2	(200) R29o no. 96-525
AA_GFAA_HF	arsenic, gold, bismuth and tellurium by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry after multi-acid digestion with HF and extraction.	multi-acid with HF	(200) R29o no. 93-1-B
AA_HGAA_fusion	arsenic, antimony, and selenium by flow injection or continuous flow hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry after fusion digestion.	fusion	XRAL09,11
AA_HGAA_HF	arsenic, antimony, selenium and tellurium by flow injection or continuous flow hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry after multi-acid digestion with HF.	multi-acid with HF	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
AA_TR	mercury by thermal release and atomic absorption spectrometry after multi-acid digestion (Vaughn-McCarthy method).	multi-acid	(200) E no. 1408
AES/P_AR	major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after partial digestion with aqua regia.	aqua regia	007
AES/P_A-Z	silver, arsenic, gold, bismuth, cadmium, copper, molybdenum, lead, antimony and zinc by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after partial digestion with HCl-H2O2.	HCl-H2O2	(200) R29o no. 96-525
AES/P_H2O	boron by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after hot H2O extraction.	hot H2O	(200) Ci no. 841
AES/P_leach	major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after weak multi-acid leach.	multi-acid leach	unknown
AES_acid	major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after digestion with HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4.	HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
AES_fusion	major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after fusion digestion.	fusion	(200) R29o no. 93-1-B
AES_sinter	major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after sinter digestion.	sinter	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
CB	ash or loss on ignition by weight loss after heating at 900° C.	combustion	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
CB_IRC	carbon and sullfur by infrared detection after combustion.	combustion	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
CB_TC	total carbon and organic carbon by thermal conductivity detection after combustion.	combustion	(200) E no. 1770
CB_TT	sulfur by iodometric titration after combustion.	combustion	(200) R29o no. 90-668
CD	specific conductance by standard method conductivity electrode.	none	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
CM/P_As	arsenic by modified Gutzeit apparatus confined-spot method colorimetry after partial digestion in KOH-HCl and chemical separation.	KOH-HCl	(200) Ci no. 948
CM/P_CX	copper by colorimetry after partial extraction in cold HCl.	cold HCl	(200) Ci no. 948
CM/P_fusion	molybdenum and antimony by colorimetry after fusion (Mo) or KOH fusion-HCl digestion (Sb, rhodamine B).	fusion	(200) E no. 1152
CM/P_HM	heavy metal elements by colorimetry after partial extraction in aqueous ammonium citrate solution.	ammonium citrate	(200) Ci no. 948
CM/P_HNO3	copper, lead and zinc by colorimetry after partial digestion with HNO3.	HNO3	(200) E no. 1152
CM/P_PC	uranium by paper chromatography after partial digestion with HNO3.	HNO3	(200) E no. 1152
CM/P_W	tungsten by colorimetry after carbonate sinter digestion.	sinter	(200) E no. 1152
CM_Cl	chloride by colorimetric spectrophotometry after Na2CO3 and ZnO sinter digestion.	sinter	(200) E no. 1770
CM_F	fluorine by colorimetric spectrophotometry after acid digestion and chemical separation.	acid	(200) E no. 1401
CM_fusion	major and minor elements by colorimetric spectrophotometry after fusion digestion.	fusion	(200) E no. 1770
CM_HF	major and minor elements by colorimetric spectrophotometry after multi-acid digestion with HF.	multi-acid with HF	(200) E no. 1770
CP	organic carbon, carbonate carbon and totals by computation.	none	(200) E no. 1770
ES_Q	major and minor elements by quantatative emission spectrography.	none	(200) E no. 1770
ES_SQ	major and minor elements by semi-quantatative emission spectrography.	none	(200) R29o no. 96-525
ES_SWR	major and minor elements by short-wavelength-region-response quantatative emission spectrography.	none	(200) E no. 1770
FA_AA	gold, silver and platinum group elements by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry after PbO fire assay chemical separation.	PbO fire assay	(200) E no. 1770
FA_DCP	gold by direct current plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy or atomic absorption spectrophotometry after PbO fire assay.	PbO fire assay	XRAL07
FA_ES	gold and platinum group elements by direct-current arc quantatative emission spectrography after PbO fire assay chemical separation.	PbO fire assay	(200) E no. 1770
FA_MS	platinum group elements by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry after NiS fire assay.	NiS fire assay	(200) R29o no. 96-525
FL	beryllium, selenium, tin and uranium by fluorometry after multi-acid digestion with HF.	multi-acid with HF	(200) R29o no. 90-668
GRC	uranium by gamma counting.	none	(200) E no. 1006
GV	density, moisture and weight by gravimetry.	none	(200) E no. 1770
GV_acid	major and minor elements by gravimetry after acid digestion.	acid	(200) E no. 1770
GV_CR	major and minor elements by gravimetry for Classical Rock Analysis after unknown digestion method.	unknown	(200) E no. 1170
GV_flux	moisture, bound water and total water by heating and weight loss with flux.	none	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
GV_fusion	major and minor elements by gravimetry after fusion digestion.	fusion	(200) E no. 1770
IC	chloride, fluoride, nitrate, sulfate and phosphate by ion specific chromatography.	none	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
IC/P	chloride, fluoride, nitrate, sulfate and phosphate by ion specific chromatography after solution extraction.	none	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
ISE_fusion	chloride, fluoride and iodide by ion specific electrode after fusion digestion.	fusion	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
ISE_pH	pH by standard method combination pH electrode.	none	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
MS_acid	major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry after HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4 digestion.	HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
MS_sinter	major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry after Na2O2 sinter digestion.	Na2O2 sinter	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
NA_DN	uranium and thorium by delayed neutron activation counting.	none	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
NA_INAA	major and minor elements by instrumental neutron activation analysis.	none	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
TB_AR	acid-soluble sulfate, sulfur and sulfide by turbidimetry after aqua regia digestion.	aqua regia	(200) E no. 1401
TB_NP	thorium by nephelometric turbidimetry; digestion unknown but could be HF.	unknown	(200) E no. 1006
TT_flux	total water by Karl Fischer coulometric titration with flux after combustion.	none	(200) R29o no. 96-525
TT_fusion	Fe2O3 by fusion after decomposition and precipitation.	fusion	(200) E no. 1770
TT_HClO4	carbonate carbon and carbon dioxide (acid soluble carbon) by coulometric titration after HClO4 digestion and extraction.	HClO4	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
TT_HF	ferrous oxide by colorimetric or potentiometric titration after HF-H2SO4 digestion.	HF-H2SO4	(200) R29o no. 96-525
VOL	carbon dioxide or carbonate carbon by evolution after acid decomposition; aka "gasometric" or "manometric".	HCl/NaCl or Hg2Cl2	(200) E no. 1401
XRF_ED	minor elements by energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.	none	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
XRF_WD_fusion	major and minor elements by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry after LiBO2 fusion digestion.	LiBO2 fusion	(200) R29o no. 2002-223 INTERNET
XRF_WD_raw	chlorine, iodine and bromine by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry on raw sample.	none	(200) E no. 1770