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Table 2 MELTING 5 error margin per ion correction

Sodium corrections
Sodium correction formula	Error percentage
ash01 [15]	16.4
kam71 [28]	7.1
marschdot [28, 29]	9.2
owc1904 [27]	4.0
owc2004 [27]	2.3
owc2104 [27]	5.2
owc2204 [27]	2.8
san96 [30]	2.8
san04 [6]	2.2
schlif [31]	6.4
tanna06 [32]	2.9
wet91 [4]	3.0
Magnesium corrections
Magnesium correction formula	Error percentage
owcmg08 [21]	2.16
tanmg06 [32]	4.46

Percentage of error between computed and experimental melting temperature for each MELTING~5 sodium and magnesium ion correction implementation.

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