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Chemical and isotopic composition of gas, water, and solids from the 2019-2020 water lake in Halema’uma’u Crater, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii: Chemical composition of solids filtered from water samples

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2023-03-30T00:00:00Z
Samples of the crater lake water were filtered in the field with a 0.45 micron filter. Subsequently, additional precipitates formed in the solute-rich samples (secondary precipitates). The solids that accumulated on the filters (both secondary and original precipitate) were digested by heating overnight in a sealed Teflon vial with 300 µL concentrated HCl, 100 µL concentrated HNO3, and 500 µL concentrated HF. Following digestion, samples were dried down, then re-dissolved in 300 µL concentrated HNO3 and diluted with MilliQ water. The liquid from the digested samples were analyzed for element concentrations by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) using a ThermoFisher ICAP 6500 Duo at the U.S. Geological Survey laboratories in Menlo Park, California.

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