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Table 4 Uncertainty budget for gold purity determination

From: A rugged, precise and accurate new gravimetry method for the determination of gold: an alternative to fire assay method

Sources of uncertainty

X

Unit

u  std  (x)

Unit

u  std  (x)/X

Uc (%)

U exp ;k = 2; (%)

Atomic mass of Gold

196.9665

g

2.31 × 10-6

g

1.17 × 10-8

0.0028

0.0056

Precision

99.993

%

1.23 × 10-3

%

1.23 × 10-5

  

Mettler Toledo balance , model AX-105

0.20058

g

5.0 × 10-6

g

2.49 × 10-5