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Kokaly, R.F., Clark, R.N., Swayze, G.A., Livo, K.E., Hoefen, T.M., Pearson, N.C., Wise, R.A., Benzel, W.M., Lowers, H.A., Driscoll, R.L., and Klein, A.J., 2017, USGS Spectral Library Version 7: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1035, 61 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1035
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TITLE: BHVO-2F+4%_Chloroform

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MIXTURE

SAMPLE_ID: BHVO-2F, Chloroform JTB-9180-03

MIXTURE_TYPE: Intimate

MIXTURE: Hawaii Volcano Basalt (USGS Standard BHVO-2F) + 4% Chloroform JTB-9180-03

MINOR COMPONENT FORMULA: CHCl3

MINOR COMPONENT FORMULA_HTML: CHCl3

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Not Applicable

COLLECTION_LATITUDE: Not Available # degrees and decimal minutes (N or S)

COLLECTION_LONGITUDE: Not Available # degrees and decimal minutes (W or E)

DATUM: Not Available # coordinate datum

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Organic Material was purchased from JT Baker, Basalt donated by Stephen Wilson, USGS

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS, Denver

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS, Denver

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Sample was prepared by adding organic compound to a fine ground Basalt and grinding in an alumina mortar and pestle. BHVO-2F is a USGS Basalt standard taken from Halemaumau Crater, Hawaii. View the Certificate of analysis here: http://crustal.usgs.gov/geochemical_reference_standards/basaltbhvo2.html

Minor Component Description:
Colorless Liquid
Other Names: Chloroform, Trichloromethane, Formyl trichloride, Methyl trichloride
CAS #: 67-66-3
JT Baker Product #: 9180-03
JT Baker Lot #: 138652
ASSAY 99.1%
PRESERVATIVE (AS C2H5OH) (GC) 0.9%
DENSITY (g/ml) AT 25 DEG C 1.471
RESIDUE AFTER EVAPORATION 0.00005%
ACETONE AND ALDEHYDE (AS (CH3)2CO) < 0.005%
ACID AND CHLORIDE PASSES TEST
FREE CHLORIDE PASSES TEST
SUBSTANCES DARKENED BY H2SO4 PASSES TEST
SUITABILITY FOR USE IN DITHIZONE TEST PASSES TEST
H2O <0.01%
TRACE ELEMENTS (IN ppm)
LEAD (Pb) < 0.05

IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE: Not Available

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem

COMPOSITION
KEYWORD
Oxide
ASCII
Amount Weight
Percent, %
Oxide
html
COMPOSITION: SiO2: 49.9 wt% SiO2
COMPOSITION: TiO2: 2.73 wt% TiO2
COMPOSITION: Al2O3: 13.5 wt% Al2O3
COMPOSITION: Fe2O3: 12.3 wt% Fe2O3
COMPOSITION: MgO: 7.23 wt% MgO
COMPOSITION: CaO: 11.4 wt% CaO
COMPOSITION: Na2O: 2.22 wt% Na2O
COMPOSITION: K2O: 0.52 wt% K2O
COMPOSITION: P2O5: 0.27 wt% P2O5
COMPOSITION: -------- ---------- ---------
COMPOSITION: Total: 100.07 wt%
COMPOSITION: O=Cl,F,S: wt% #correction for Cl, F, S
COMPOSITION: New Total: wt%

COMPOSITION
KEYWORD
Elementl
ASCII
Amount Weight
COMPOSITION: Ba: 130 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Ce: 38 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Co: 45 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Cr: 280 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Cu: 127 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Ga: 21.7 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Hf: 4.1 ug/g
COMPOSITION: La: 15 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Mn: 1290 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Nd: 25.0 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Ni: 119 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Rb: 9.8 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Sc: 32 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Sr: 389 ug/g
COMPOSITION: V: 317 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Y: 26 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Zn: 103 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Zr: 172 ug/g
COMPOSITION: F: 370 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Gd: 6.3 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Ho: 1.04 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Li: 5 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Lu: 0.28 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Nb: 18 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Sm: 6.2 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Sn: 1.9 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Ta: 1.4 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Tb: 0.9 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Th: 1.2 ug/g
COMPOSITION: Yb: 2.0 ug/g

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

No additional compositional details available.

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION: The low temperature spectrum shows ice absorption at 3.1 microns. Only the sharper features are due to chloroform.

END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.

SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2a3a4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns