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XRF Analysis of Alloys 
Overview of Samples

Round Robin Test
Inco 718  Nickel
AA7075     Aluminium
MAR 250  Steel
L605        Cobalt (Haynes)
Various
High Alloy Steel
Piece of Steel Cylinder
Testing of UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
NO SAMPLES SPECIFIC STANDARDS WERE USED
BNRM 59C Low Alloy Steel
BNRM 89E Cr-Steel
BNRM 170 Cobalt Base Alloy
BNRM 172 CoNiCrW Alloy
BNRM 181 CrMnNi-Steel
BNRM 198   NiCrCoMoTi-Alloy
BNRM 625 NiCrMoFeNb-Alloy
BNRM 510W Bronze
BNRM 857C Brass


Round Robin Test at 211 Labs conducted by Aerospace companies

Inco 718 Nickel

UniQuant applying a Daughter Kappa List by adding standards:
NIST 1208/1 and 1208/2
    

         Average of    
211 Labs UniQuant     Difference
         -----------   -----------   -----------
Ni
       52.633      52.85      0.217 
Fe       18.44     18.38      0.06
Cr 
      18.35      18.21      -0.14
Nb
        5.184      5.25       0.066 Mo        3.023     3.00       -0.023

Ti 
      0.907         0.915         0.008
Al       0.570     0.566       -0.004 Co       0.357     0.365        -0.008
Si       0.126      0.108     -0.018
Mn       0.0997     0.105       0.0053
Cu       0.085     0.092      0.007

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Round Robin Test at 211 Labs conducted by Aerospace companies

AA7075 Aluminium

UniQuant applying a Daughter Kappa List by adding standards:
Pechiney 7221, 7231, 7237, 7241, 9150, 9156, 9165


         Average of    
211 Labs UniQuant     Difference
         -----------   -----------   -----------
Al 
      90.190      90.20      0.01
Zn        5.663      5.66       -0.003 Mg        2.243     2.14       -0.103
Cu 
      1.325         1.325         0
Fe       0.255     0.253       -0.002
Cr       0.200     0.206        0.006
Si       0.093      0.07     -0.023
Mn       0.0603     0.059       -0.0087 Ti       0.0298     0.031      0.0012
Zr       0.020      0.021      0.001

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Round Robin Test at 211 Labs conducted by Aerospace companies

MAR 250 Steel

UniQuant applying a Daughter Kappa List by adding standards:
NIST 1156 and MBH 14333K, 14334K, 14335L

         Average of    
211 Labs UniQuant     Difference
         -----------   -----------   ----------- Fe       67.676      67.52      -0.156 
Ni       18.664     18.73      0.066
Co 
       7.969      8.01      0.041
Mo
        4.768      4.82       0.052 Cu        0.139     0.161      0.022

Cr 
      0.136         0.141         0.005
Al       0.085     0.072       -0.013
Mn       0.0168     0.022        0.0052
Si       0.054      0.064     0.01
Zr       0.006     0.0023       -0.0037

Ti
       0.470     0.424      -0.046

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Round Robin Test at 211 Labs conducted by Aerospace companies

L 605 Cobalt (Haynes)

UniQuant applying a Daughter Kappa List by adding standards:
NIST 1199 and 1200 (both not 'close' to L605)


         Average of    
211 Labs UniQuant     Difference
         -----------   -----------   -----------
Co 
      49.789      49.50      -0.289
Cr       20.02      19.98       -0.04
W        14.603     14.67       0.067
Ni 
      10.627       10.86         0.233
Fe       2.394    2.45       0.056
Mn       1.485     1.51        0.025
Si       0.234      0.201    -0.033

Not specified but found by UniQuant
Al
       0.251% Mo       0.394%

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High Alloy Steel

with UniQuant 1 (1989) without use of standards


         Full-area       456 mg           Chemical
disk          chips            value 
         -------------   -------------    ------------- Ni       30.3 ± 0.2      30.8 ± 0.2       29.73 ± 0.2  Cr       19.6 ± 0.2      19.3 ± 0.2       20.04 ± 0.2
Mo        4.3 ± 0.1       4.3 ± 0.1        3.90 ± 0.04
Nb        1.2 ± 0.05      1.2 ± 0.05       1.02 ± 0.01  Cu        1.2 ± 0.05      1.3 ± 0.06       1.22 ± 0.01 

Ti 
     <0.01           <0.01             0
Si       0.42 ± 0.03     0.56 ± 0.04       0.45  Mn       0.17 ± 0.02     0.18 ± 0.02       0.15
Fe      42.4 ± 0.2      42.0 ± 0.2       43.49

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Piece of Steel Cylinder

Results obtained with UniQuant 1 on 1989-April-23
A piece of steel with the shape of a cylinder had to be analysed.
The material was so hard that sample preparation would hardly be
possible.
The dimensions of the sample: 20 mm length, 8 mm outer diam.
3 mm inner diam. The sample was analysed at one of its end surfaces.

          UniQuant       Chemical
          ----------     --------
Al        0.9 ± 0.09      0.9 
Ti        2.0 ± 0.1       2.1 
Cr       11.9 ± 0.3      12.23 
Mn        1.3 ± 0.1       1.4 
Fe        8.6 ± 0.3       8.65

Co
       41.0 ± 0.6      41.65  Ni       26.0 ± 0.5      25.2
Mo        3.9 ± 0.2       3.9  W         3.8 ± 0.2       3.9

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BNRM 59C, Low Alloy Steel

UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
no sample specific standards were used.

Standard treated as unknown
All values are in [%]
            XRF+UniQuant4        Fifteen laboratories
[%] EstErr Min. Average Max. Fe 96.89 0.05 96.73 96.84 96.98 Cr 1.01 0.03 0.99 1.02 1.06 Mn 0.89 0.03 0.87 0.89 0.95 Si 0.21 0.01 0.17 0.21 0.24 Mo 0.16 0.01 0.14 0.16 0.17 Ni 0.13 0.01 0.13 0.14 0.15 Cu 0.11 0.02 0.10 0.11 0.12 S 0.045 0.001 0.046 0.056 0.063 Al 0.036 0.003 0.021 0.032 0.043 P 0.010 0.001 0.011 0.011 0.012 C 0.41 fix 0.41 additionally by UniQuant: Sn 0.009 0.002 Mg 0.017 0.004 As 0.009 0.003 Sb 0.004 0.002 V 0.004 0.001

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BNRM 89E, Cr-Steel

UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
no sample specific standards were used.
Standard treated as unknown
All values are in [%]
        XRF+UniQuant4        Fifteen laboratories
[%] EstErr Min. Average Max. Fe 85.67 0.10 85.23 85.61 85.87 Cr 12.50 0.10 12.35 12.58 12.95 Mn 0.451 0.019 0.43 0.45 0.47 Ni 0.364 0.011 0.370 0.372 0.380 Si 0.363 0.011 0.320 0.357 0.390 Cu 0.131 0.016 0.150 0.153 0.160 V 0.072 0.002 0.063 0.067 0.071 Mo 0.036 0.003 0.025 0.031 0.037 Co 0.034 0.008 0.038 0.045 0.054 S 0.018 0.001 0.016 0.020 0.024 P 0.029 0.002 0.014 0.015 0.016 Nb 0.025 0.001 0.011 0.013 0.015 Al <0.006 0.001 0.005 0.011 Sn 0.008 0.002 0.001 0.003 0.006 C 0.13 fix 0.13 additionally by UniQuant: Mg 0.013 0.004

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BNRM 170, Cobalt Base Alloy

UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
no sample specific standards were used.

Standard treated as unknown
All values are in [%] 
        XRF+UniQuant4        Fifteen laboratories
[%] EstErr Min. Average Max. Co 59.11 0.24 58.44 59.12 59.48 Cr 29.54 0.14 29.15 29.55 30.33 W 3.97 0.10 3.80 3.89 3.99 Ni 2.29 0.03 2.23 2.27 2.30 Mn 1.52 0.03 1.51 1.54 0.83 Mo 0.70 0.02 0.79 0.81 0.83 Fe 0.70 0.02 0.69 0.70 0.72 Si 0.59 0.02 0.56 0.62 0.65 Nb 0.018 0.001 0.016 0.017 0.020 V 0.007 0.001 (0.004) P 0.0042 0.0009 0.0073 0.0081 0.0092 Ti 0.0054 0.0008 0.0020 0.0033 0.0059 Cu 0.005 0.003 0.001 0.004 0.009 S <0.008 (<0.001) C 1.18 fix 1.18 Additionally by UniQuant: Al 0.19 0.03 Mg 0.012 0.001 La 0.008 0.002 Cd 0.004 0.001

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BNRM 172, CoNiCrW Alloy

UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
no sample specific standards were used.
Standard treated as unknown
All values are in [%]
        XRF+UniQuant4        Fifteen laboratories
[%] EstErr Min. Average Max. Co 36.55 0.24 36.09 36.28 36.48 Ni 24.36 0.08 24.27 24.53 24.76 Cr 22.01 0.13 21.79 22.09 22.79 W 13.39 0.20 13.08 13.27 13.46 Fe 1.50 0.03 1.48 1.50 1.52 Mn 0.98 0.03 0.93 0.96 0.99 Si 0.447 0.012 0.430 0.475 0.500 Mo 0.356 0.011 0.32 0.34 0.36 La 0.040 0.003 0.018 0.024 0.029 Nb 0.013 0.001 0.011 0.013 0.016 P 0.0083 0.0013 0.0017 0.0019 0.0020 Cu <0.008 (<0.02) S <0.004 (<0.001) C 0.12 fix 0.12 Additionally by UniQuant: Al 0.100 0.004 (due to surfacing?) Ta 0.086 0.012 Ti 0.027 0.002 Mg 0.012 0.002 Rh 0.006 0.003 Cd 0.004 0.001 V 0.003 0.001

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BNRM 181, CrMnNi-Steel

UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
no sample specific standards were used.

Standard treated as unknown
All values are in [%]
        XRF+UniQuant4        Fifteen laboratories
[%] EstErr Min. Average Max. Fe 61.68 0.13 60.97 61.49 61.78 Cr 16.26 0.11 16.08 16.29 16.74 Mn 8.56 0.08 8.40 8.53 8.87 Ni 8.33 0.06 8.09 8.27 8.42 Si 4.02 0.05 3.91 4.10 4.25 Cu 0.410 0.029 0.37 0.39 0.40 Mo 0.242 0.009 0.23 0.24 0.26 Co 0.150 0.019 0.15 0.15 0.16 V 0.080 0.002 0.069 0.075 0.078 Al 0.048 0.004 0.035 0.058 0.150 P 0.029 0.002 0.027 0.028 0.030 Nb 0.025 0.002 0.022 0.024 0.025 W 0.024 0.005 (0.036) S 0.018 0.001 0.020 0.024 0.028 Sn 0.008 0.002 0.004 0.007 0.009 C 0.076 fix 0.076 Additionally by UniQuant: Ta 0.022 0.005 Mg 0.011 0.004

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BNRM 198, NiCrCoMoTi-Alloy

UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
no sample specific standards were used.

Standard treated as unknown
All values are in [%]
        XRF+UniQuant4        Fifteen laboratories
[%] EstErr Min. Average Max. Ni 53.91 0.09 53.46 53.94 54.21 Cr 18.95 0.12 18.76 19.02 19.63 Co 10.44 0.15 10.09 10.26 10.59 Mo 9.85 0.06 9.55 9.76 9.90 Ti 3.40 0.05 3.39 3.47 3.53 Al 1.57 0.06 1.57 1.61 1.70 Fe 1.46 0.03 1.44 1.45 1.48 Si 0.057 0.003 0.019 0.053 0.079 Nb 0.050 0.002 0.047 0.050 0.056 W(Lb) 0.10 0.02 (0.13) Mn 0.035 0.004 0.021 0.024 0.029 V 0.022 0.002 0.007 0.012 0.016 Cu <0.01 (0.026) P 0.006 0.007! 0.012 0.012 0.013 S 0.011 0.012! (0.002) C 0.079 fix 0.079 Additionally by UniQuant: Tl 0.030 0.006 Bi 0.014 0.005 Nd 0.011 0.005 Ru 0.011 0.002 Zr 0.006 0.002 Cd 0.005 0.002

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BNRM 625, NiCrMoFeNb-Alloy

UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
no sample specific standards were used.

Standard treated as unknown
All values are in [%]
        XRF+UniQuant4        Fifteen laboratories
[%] EstErr Min. Average Max. Ni 60.18 0.10 59.91 60.80 61.16 Cr 21.53 0.13 21.35 21.62 22.22 Mo 8.24 0.05 8.12 8.24 8.37 Fe 4.21 0.05 4.14 4.21 4.26 Nb 3.48 0.02 3.31 3.45 3.86 Cu 0.35 0.03 0.26 0.31 0.34 Ti 0.29 0.01 0.31 0.32 0.33 Si 0.28 0.02 0.24 0.28 0.31 Mn 0.21 0.02 0.20 0.21 0.21 Al 0.21 0.03 0.16 0.21 0.24 Co 0.079 0.003 0.084 0.089 0.096 S 0.017 0.008 (0.024) P 0.013 0.006 0.013 0.015 0.017 C 0.03 fix 0.03 Additionally by UniQuant: As 0.73 0.02 !!! Tl 0.044 0.006 V 0.017 0.001 Cd 0.005 0.002

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BNRM 510W, Bronze

UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
no sample specific standards were used.

Standard treated as unknown
All values are in [%]
        XRF+UniQuant4        Fifteen laboratories
[%] EstErr Min. Average Max. Cu 94.93 0.10 94.07 94.49 94.92 Sn 4.86 0.08 4.70 4.77 4.91 P 0.20 0.01 0.16 0.18 0.19 S <0.012 0.010 0.210 0.420 (<0.0021) Al <0.040 0.019 0.039 0.050 Si <0.006 0.006 0.016 0.025 (<0.005) Mn <0.0020 0.0020 0.0023 0.0024 (<0.005) Fe <0.002 (<0.003) Ni <0.005 (<0.005) Zn <0.011 (<0.008) As <0.013 (<0.005) Sb <0.005 (<0.005) Pb 0.004 0.004 0.005 0.008 0.015 or <0.008 (0.004) Zr 0.0066 0.0015 Values in brackets have been certified values independent of data from the fifteen laboratories.

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BNRM 857C, Brass

UniQuant in its standardless mode, that is,
no sample specific standards were used.

Standard treated as unknown
All values are in [%]
        XRF+UniQuant4        Fifteen laboratories
[%] EstErr Min. Average Max. Cu 60.37 0.22 59.23 60.19 60.48 Zn 38.03 0.03 37.28 37.62 38.86 Pb 0.62 0.02 0.61 0.63 0.65 Sn 0.43 0.02 0.40 0.42 0.43 Fe 0.20 0.01 0.19 0.20 0.21 Al 0.19 0.02 0.14 0.21 0.23 Ni 0.13 0.001 0.13 0.13 0.14 Si 0.008 0.003 0.013 0.023 0.034 (<0.005) Sb 0.0056 0.0021 0.004 0.006 0.009 Mn 0.0021 0.009 0.024 0.038 0.047 P <0.006 0.005 0.007 0.009 As <0.015 0.010 0.015 0.020 (<0.010) Cr 0.0078 0.0009
Values in brackets have been Certified values independent of data from the fifteen laboratories.

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