“…Elving and Van Atta ( §) recently published directions for the separation and determination of barium, strontium, and calcium using dimethyl sulfate. In the presence of normally occurring (37), gallium (30) tin (12), zirconium ( 12) Titanium ( 28) Thorium (20) Zirconium and hafnium (31)b Zirconium (34) Zirconium (34) Thorium and the rare earths (S3), lanthanum and cerium (13)b, lanthanum and praseodymium (13)a, calcium ( 16) Magnesium ( 14), zinc (2), calcium and magnesium (7) Calcium (32) Barium (8), calcium (8), strontium (8) Barium (10) Barium (12) Lanthanum and praseodymium (25)b Zirconium (17) Thorium (15) Thorium (12), zirconium (4) Barium (9,26) a Methods for elements in italics may be found in periodical literature. i> Fractionation procedures.…”