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This International Standard specifies an acid digestion and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometric (ICP-AES) method for the determination of the mass fraction of arsenic in copper, lead, zinc, and nickel sulfide concentrates as follows:

a) for copper sulfide concentrates, the method is applicable to the determination of mass fractions of arsenic from 0,05 % to 2,0 %;

b) for lead sulfide concentrates, the method is applicable to the determination of mass fractions of arsenic from 0,05 % to 1,0 %;

c) for zinc sulfide concentrates, the method is applicable to the determination of mass fractions of arsenic from 0,05 % to 0,6 %;

d) for nickel sulfide concentrates, the method is applicable to the determination of mass fraction of arsenic from 0,05 % to 1,0 %.