Figure
5.3 Worked Example – Laboratory report on chemical analysis
FIRST
CLASS LABORATORIES
GPO
BOX 999 PALMERSTON NT 0831
ANALYTICAL
RESULTS
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Client:
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Laboratory
Reference:
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83648590
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Mr
Harold Lasseter
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Client
Reference:
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R99999-HL1
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Water
Resources Division
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Date
Received:
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22/8/1998
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Department
of Lands, Planning & Environment
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Date
Registered:
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22/8/1998
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PO
Box 30 Palmerston NT 0831
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Date
Completed:
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30/8/1998
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Batch
Number:
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7341
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Total
Dissolved Solids: 604.000
mg/L
Specific
Conductance: 975.000 uS/cm
Dissolved
Elements:
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Al
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<.005
|
mg/L
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Si
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14.900
|
mg/L
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Fe
|
0.010
|
mg/L
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B
|
0.051
|
mg/L
|
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Mn
|
<.005
|
mg/L
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U
|
ND
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|
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Cu
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<.005
|
mg/L
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Ba
|
0.024
|
mg/L
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Zn
|
0.048
|
mg/L
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V
|
ND
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Sr
|
0.642
|
mg/L
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S
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26.300
|
mg/L
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Li
|
<.005
|
mg/L
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P
|
ND
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|
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Ca
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82.300
|
mg/L
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Cr
|
ND
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|
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Mg
|
53.500
|
mg/L
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As
|
ND
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Na
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53.700
|
mg/L
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Cd
|
ND
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|
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K
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1.990
|
mg/L
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Hg
|
ND
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|
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Pb
|
ND
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|
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Alkalinity
Values:
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Phenolpthalein
as CaCO3
|
ND
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Total
as CaCO3
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298.750
|
mg/L
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Hydroxide
as CaCO3
|
ND
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Bicarbonate
as CaCO3
|
ND
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Carbonate
as CaCO3
|
ND
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Total
Hardness
|
425.816
|
mg/L
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Dissolved
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Bromide
as Br
|
0.330
|
mg/L
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Fluoride
as F
|
ND
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|
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Iodide
as I
|
ND
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Chloride
as Cl
|
96.000
|
mg/L
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Sulphate
as SO4
|
84.400
|
mg/L
|
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Nitrate
as NO3
|
2.2470
|
mg/L
|
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Phosphate
as PO4
|
<
.050
|
mg/L
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Calculations:
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Strontium/Calcium
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0.004
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Chloride/Bromide
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290.909
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Phosphorous/Phosphate
|
ND
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Sulphur/Sulphate
|
0.934
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Anion/Cation
Balance
|
1.956
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%
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TDS/Conductivity
Ratio
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0.619
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mg/L/us
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TDS
measured/TDS calculated
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1.121
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