M.A.

VIHANGA SENANAYAKE
INC2010
ASSESSMENT 01

01) A)

Signal (arbitrary units) -

Added Sr (ng/mL = ppb) - X
Y
0 28
2.5 34.3
5 42.8
7.5 51.5
10 58.6

Signal (arbitrary units) vs Added Sr(ng/mL)

70

60 y = 3.136x + 27.36

50
Ix+s(Arbitary units)

40

30

20

10

0
-15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15
-10
Sr(ng/mL)

Slope=m 3.136 27.36 y intercept

Uncertainty(slope) = Sm 0.094544522 0.578964593 Sb = uncertainty Y intercept
Correlation Coefficient=R2 0.997280686 0.747440076 Sy = Standard error for Y estimate
F statistic 1100.21957 3 n = Degree of Freedom
Regression of Sum of
Squares 614.656 1.676 Residual Sum of Squares
X intercept 8.724489796
n= 5
Mean y = 43.04
(Xi-Mean)2 = 62.5
S. Deviation of x-intercept= 0.427276294

R2 = 0.9945. Therefor there is a good relationship between the x and y and the graph is linear.
B) Initial Volume of the Unknown Solution = 10mL

Concentration of the Unknown in the final Solution [X]f = X intercept = 8.72 ng/mL

Amount of Sr in the initial 10mL solution of Unknown = 10mL*8.72 ng/mL = 87.2 ng

Initial 10mL solution was made from 0.750mg of tooth enamel.

Concentration = Mass of Sr in Unknown/Mass of the tooth enamel*106 ppm

= (87.2*10-9/0.750*10-3) *106 ppm

= 116.266 ppm

Absolute Uncertainty of the x intercept =

= 0.4272

Relative Uncertainty of the x intercept = (Absolute uncertainty/x intercept) *100

= (0.4272/8.72) *100

= 4.89%

Relative Uncertainty of the concentration = 116.266 ppm*4.89% = 5.68 ppm

Final Concentration = (116.266 ± 5.68) ppm

±t * (standard deviation of x-intercept)

at 95% confidence level, n (Degree of Freedom) = 3

±t (5.68 ppm) *(3.128) = 17.76 ppm

Final Concentration = (116.266 ± 17.76) ppm