The various analytical procedures for the analysis of free silica in environmental samples all suffer serious deficiencies, to the extent that there is no acceptable routine method. Each sample represents a minor research effort. Many of the uncertainties are related to an amorphous surface layer on quartz.
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Paul L. Anderson (1975) studied this question.
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