Micro-Analytical Zircon and Monazite U-Pb Isotope Dating by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

In this study we evaluated the capability of a 213 nm laser ablation system coupled to a quadrupole-based ICP-MS in delivering accurate and precise U-Pb ages on zircons and monazites. Four zircon samples ( ca. 50 Ma to ca. 600 Ma) and four monazite samples ( ca. 30 Ma to ca. 1390 Ma) of known ages were analysed utilising laser ablation pits with diameters of 20 μm and 60 μm. Instrument mass bias and laser induced time-dependent elemental fractionation were corrected for by calibration against a matrix-matched reference material. Tera-Wasserburg plots of the calculated U-Pb data were employed to assess, and correct for, common Pb contributions. The results indicated that the LA-ICP-MS technique employed in this study allowed precise and accurate U-Pb isotope dating of zircon and monazite on sample areas 20 μm in diameter. At this spot size, the precisions achieved for single spot ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages, were better than 5% (2s) for monazites and zircons with ages down to 30 Ma and 50 Ma, respectively. The precisions reported are comparable to those generally reported in SIMS and LA-MC-ICP-MS U-Pb isotope determinations.     

193 nm ArF准分子激光剥蚀等离子体质谱法测定熔融玻璃中微量铌和钽

建立了一种利用193 nm ArF准分子激光剥蚀-等离子体质谱法直接测定岩石熔融玻璃中Nb和Ta的分析方法。采用常规的碱熔法熔融样品,以29Si为内标、玻璃标准参考物质NIST SRM612为外标进行测定,方法的检出限分别为Nb0.003μg/g和Ta0.006μg/g(n=10)。分析4个不同的地质标准参考物质结果表明,Nb和Ta测定结果的相对误差(RE)和精密度(RSD,n=11)均低于10%。     

Determination of Lithium, Beryllium and Boron at Trace Levels by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Sector Field Mass Spectrometry

The analytical capabilities of laser ablation (LA)-ICP-MS in determining Li, Be and B at trace levels in geological samples have been tested on a series of glass reference materials and natural samples. The LA-ICP-MS instrument used consisted of a sector-field ICP-MS coupled with a laser ablation microprobe operating at either 266 or 213 nm wavelength. Reference glasses from NIST (SRM 612, 614 and 616) and MPI-DING (KL2-G, ML3B-G, StHs6/80-G, GOR128-G, GOR132-G, T1-G and ATHO-G) were selected to develop the analytical method and to assess the best instrumental configuration. A series of calcic amphiboles with different Li, Be and B concentrations were also analysed using both LA-ICP-MS and SIMS to test the applicability of the method to natural minerals. Results indicated that with a spot size of 40 μm the agreement between measured and reference values of Li, Be and B is generally better than 10% for NIST SRM 612 and 20% for NIST SRM 614. Average reproducibility at the 2s level was 10% for Li, 20% for Be and 15% for B. Limits of detection were approximately 100 ng g^-1 for Be and B and 200 ng g^-1 for Li. These results were confirmed by analyses carried out on natural amphiboles and compared well in terms of precision and accuracy with those commonly achieved by SIMS.     

Trace Elements Analysis of Geological Samples by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

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Li2B4O7熔融玻璃-激光剥蚀等离子体质谱法测定水系沉积物国家标准定值样品中微量元素

建立了激光剥蚀等离子体质谱法直接测定Li2B4O7熔融玻璃中微量元素的分析方法。详细讨论了内标元素的选择及Li2B4O7熔融玻璃的均一性、背景空白对分析测定的影响。以Li2B4O7熔融玻璃中低同位素丰度的6Li作内标，水系沉积物国家标准参考物质熔融玻璃建立多元素标准校正曲线，用于标准参考物质及水系沉积物定值样品的分析，测定值与标准值或溶液雾化等离子体质谱结果比较，具有较好的一致性。     

激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱准确测定锆石中钛的含量

外标物质及内标元素的选择是激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)准确测定元素含量的关键因素之一。文章选用玻璃标准参考物质NIST 610、GSE-1G、BHVO-2G、BCR-2G、ATHO-G、KL2-G和T1-G作为外标,Si或Zr作为内标,对锆石M257中的Ti进行LA-ICP-MS微区原位测定。结果显示,选择Si或Zr作内标,采用BCR-2G、ATHO-G、KL2-G和T1-G作外标时,Ti含量测定值与参考值之间差异均较大,因此它们不适合作外标物质。采用BHVO-2G作外标和Si作内标,NIST 610作外标和Zr作内标,Ti含量测定值与参考值之间的差异均小于4%,因此BHVO-2G和NIST 610可有条件地作为外标物质。选择Si还是Zr作内标,GSE-1G作外标时,Ti含量的测定值与参考值之间的差异均小于3%,说明GSE-1G是较为合适的外标物质。选用GSE-1G作为外标,Si作内标,对5个标准锆石中的Ti含量进行了测定,结果显示,Ti元素在锆石91500中分布不均匀,而在锆石GJ-1、M257、PENGLAI和MUDTANK中分布均匀。在Ti元素分布均匀的GJ-1、M257、PENGLAI和MUDTANK等4个锆石中,由于Ti的含量均小于5μg/g,不适合作为锆石中Ti元素测定用的外标物质,但可作为测定时的质量监控样品。     

归一化定量技术在激光烧蚀-等离子体质谱测定石榴子石多元素中有关问题的讨论

讨论了采用相对灵敏度系数进行多外标归一校正的可行性。该校正方法应用于激光烧蚀-等离子体质谱同时分析了未知石榴子石样品中主、次、痕量共43个元素,并与内标法结果进行对比,其一致性令人满意。探讨了激光线扫描和单点剥蚀两种取样方式下,相对灵敏度系数间的变化关系,结果表明,在剥蚀深度基本一致的情况下,取样方式对相对灵敏度系数没有显著影响。     

主编絮语

第一行过渡金属元素及痕量贵金属元素高度富集在硫化物矿物中,常形成具有工业意义的矿床,使得硫化物具有重大的经济价值。对天然硫化物矿物中的这些痕量金属元素丰度及其分布的研究,在矿石成因学、经济地质学、环境地球化学等领域具有重要的应用价值。激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)微区分析技术是一种强大的痕量元素分析工具,非常适合直接分析硫化物矿物中痕量元素的浓度及其空间分布。由于硫化物的激光剥蚀特性与硅酸盐及氧化物不同,分析校准用的标准物质又极度缺乏,严重阻碍了这一技术在硫化物矿物微区分析中的应用。本文评述了硫化物简介、硫化物中痕量金属元素分析的意义、LA-ICP-MS微区分析技术在硫化物矿物痕量元素分析中的优势及近年来的应用进展、硫化物分析中的干扰与校准、包含铂族元素及金的硫化物标准物质的研制进展及合成硫化物标准物质最有应用前景的方法。     

硫化物矿物中痕量元素的激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱微区分析进展

第一行过渡金属元素及痕量贵金属元素高度富集在硫化物矿物中,常形成具有工业意义的矿床,使得硫化物具有重大的经济价值。对天然硫化物矿物中的这些痕量金属元素丰度及其分布的研究,在矿石成因学、经济地质学、环境地球化学等领域具有重要的应用价值。激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)微区分析技术是一种强大的痕量元素分析工具,非常适合直接分析硫化物矿物中痕量元素的浓度及其空间分布。由于硫化物的激光剥蚀特性与硅酸盐及氧化物不同,分析校准用的标准物质又极度缺乏,严重阻碍了这一技术在硫化物矿物微区分析中的应用。本文评述了硫化物简介、硫化物中痕量金属元素分析的意义、LA-ICP-MS微区分析技术在硫化物矿物痕量元素分析中的优势及近年来的应用进展、硫化物分析中的干扰与校准、包含铂族元素及金的硫化物标准物质的研制进展及合成硫化物标准物质最有应用前景的方法。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法同时测定地质样品中锗碘

样品用NaOH全熔,热水提取,分取部分溶液通过强酸性阳离子交换树脂,分离溶液中大量的钠离子后,采用电感耦合等离子体质谱法同时测定锗和碘。方法的检出限Ge、I分别为0.043μg/g和0.22μg/g,经土壤国家一级标准物质分析验证,结果与标准值相符,12次测定的RSD均小于10%。     

电感耦合等离子体光谱／质谱法测定环境样品中的硼

采用HF-HNO3-H3PO4-HClO4密封溶样处理样品,电感耦合等离子体光谱/质谱法(ICP-AES/MS)测定农作物、膳食和粪便中的硼。所拟定的方法在测硼的同时,还可测定Cr、Cu、Li、V、Co、Zn、Sr、Cd、Ba、K、Na、Fe、Mn、Zn元素,可以为农作物和饮食中痕量元素研究提供参考。ICP-AES测定硼的方法检出限(3σ)为0.0063μg/mL,测定限(10σ,DF=100)为2.10μg/g;ICP-MS测定硼方法检出限(3σ)为0.0228ng/mL,测定限(10σ,DF=1000)为0.092μg/g。方法经植物国家一级标准物质GBW07602～07605验证,测定值与标准值接近,样品10次测定的RSD<10%。     

Determination of Zr and Hf in a Flux-Free Fusion of Whole Rock Samples using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) with Isotope Dilution Calibration

Isotope dilution calibration has been applied to the determination of Zr and Hf in whole rocks by laser ablation (LA)-ICP-MS. Enriched isotopes were added during the preparation of flux-free, synthetic whole rock glasses and homogenised through a combination of grinding and fusion. This method avoids problems, such as solution instability and the chemical resistance of minerals such as zircon, inherent in acid digestion sample preparation. The use of isotope dilution removes the need for external calibration using certified reference material glasses such as NIST SRM 612 for which certified Zr and Hf values are not available. The precision of Zr and Hf determinations were found to be < 1% and 3.5% respectively, limited by Poisson counting statistics which contributed to 50% of the final precision of analysis. Measured values correlate closely with compiled literature values.     

High Precision Isotope Dilution Determination of Potassium by Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometry

Two independent articles published more than a decade ago pointed to the potential of the somewhat neglected K‐Ca system for very precise K‐Ca dating and thermochronology, but have not been followed up since. In the first of these articles, highly precise determination of K and hence the K/Ca ratio in lunar granites showed the feasibility of K‐Ca dates of micas with an analytical precision known so far in only U‐Pb and Ar/Ar dating. In the second article, it was shown that responses of the K‐Ca and Rb‐Sr isotopic systems in micas subjected to a slow post‐metamorphic cooling could provide new insights into thermochronology. Crucial to the follow‐up of these two promising leads is the development of a simple and user‐friendly method for routine high precision K determination in real samples, such as the one described in this report.     

碱熔沉淀-等离子体质谱法测定地质样品中的多元素

采用过氧化钠焙融或偏硼酸锂熔融分解样品，将提取液碱性沉淀，通过过滤分离掉大量熔剂，再将沉淀用酸复溶后用等离子体质谱测定26个元素。通过对比，偏硼酸锂熔融—酸提取—碱性沉淀的方案，空白低，易操作，成本低，大多数元素测定结果的相对误差＜10％，相对标准偏差＜5％(n＝10)，与标准值相吻合。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定地质样品中稀土元素

采用酸溶一敞开溶矿技术,等离子体质谱法测定地质样品中的稀土元素。该方法选用高氯酸和硫酸,试验发现,硫酸的溶矿效果明显优于高氯酸,且硫酸的存在有利于消除Ba对稀土元素的质谱影响。用该方法对地质样品三类国家一级标样（GBW07401、GBW07103、GBW07309）：进行验证,准确率达95％～105％,结果令人满意。     

Determination of Platinum‐Group Elements in Geological Samples by Isotope Dilution‐Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Mass Spectrometry Combined with Sulfide Fire Assay Preconcentration

A method was developed for the determination of platinum‐group elements (PGE) in geological samples by isotope dilution‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry combined with sulfide fire assay preconcentration. Samples were fused and PGE analytes were concentrated in sulfide buttons. The buttons were dissolved using HCl leaving PGE analytes in insoluble residues, which were digested in HNO₃ and simultaneously processed for the distillation of Os. The remaining solutions were further prepared for the purification of Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir and Pt using a tandem assembly of cation and Ln resin columns. The eluents were directly analysed by membrane desolvation‐ICP‐MS. Ruthenium, Pd, Os, Ir and Pt were determined by isotope dilution, whereas Rh was determined by conventional reference material calibration combined with ¹⁹³Ir as the internal standard element. The method was validated using a series of PGE reference materials, and the measurement data were consistent with the recommended and the literature values. The measurement precision was better than 10% RSD. The procedural blanks were 0.121 ng for Ru, 0.204 for Rh, 0.960 ng for Pd, 0.111 ng for Os, 0.045 ng for Ir and 0.661 ng for Pt, and the limits of detection (3s) were 0.011 ng g^?1 for Ru, 0.008 ng g^?1 for Rh, 0.045 ng g^?1 for Pd, 0.009 ng g^?1 for Os, 0.006 ng g^?1 for Ir and 0.016 ng g^?1 for Pt when a test portion mass of 10 g was used. This indicates that the proposed method can be used for the determination of trace amounts of PGE in geological samples.     

激光剥蚀-电感耦合等离子体质谱法对白钨矿中稀土元素的原位测定

白钨矿的稀土元素含量及标准化配分模式图可以作为判断矿床成因的重要依据,其原位分析更有利于在单个矿物层面剖析成矿流体演化等特征。本文采用配备193 nm ArF准分子激光器的GeoLasPro剥蚀系统(LA)和电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(ICP-MS)对云南大坪金矿含金石英脉白钨矿中的稀土元素进行LA-ICP-MS原位分析。分析结果表明,选用玻璃标准参考物质NIST 610作为外标,Ca作为内标元素,可以对稀土元素进行较为精准的测量。阴极发光图显示,大坪金矿含金石英脉中的白钨矿晶体内部成分分布较为均匀,其稀土元素球粒陨石标准化曲线特征一致,为明显的中稀土富集型,稀土总量(ΣREEs)很高,介于918.00~2094.97 μg/g之间,δEu为1.17~1.95,有较明显的Eu正异常,无明显的Ce异常,但各元素含量在一定范围内有变动,体现出其稀土元素含量分布不完全均一的特征。首次对同一白钨矿样品的LA-ICP-MS原位分析和ICP-MS溶液分析结果进行对比研究,用实验数据论证了LA-ICP-MS原位分析方法的准确可靠性。事实证明,样品溶液ICP-MS分析所得的结果只能代表所溶样品的平均含量,而采用LA-ICP-MS可以在较高空间分辨率条件下(<40 μm)对白钨矿稀土元素进行快速、原位分析,这对稀土元素含量分布不均匀的白钨矿样品测试有着更为重要的意义。     

Simultaneous Determination of Fluorine,Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine in Six Geochemical Reference Materials Using Pyrohydrolysis,Ion Chromatography and Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Mass Spectrometry

Concentrations of halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine) were determined in six geochemical reference materials (BHVO‐2, GS‐N, JG‐1, JR‐1, JB‐1b, JB‐2). Halogens were first extracted from powdered samples using a pyrohydrolysis technique, then hydrolysis solutions were analysed by ion chromatography for F and Cl and inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry for Br and I. The detection limits in solutions were 100 μg l^?1 for both F and Cl and 10 ng l^?1 for Br and I. Considering the extraction procedure, performed on a maximum of 500 mg of sample and producing 100 ml of pyrohydrolysis solution, detection limits in rock samples were 20 mg kg^?1 for F and Cl and 2 μg kg^?1 for Br and I. The mean analytical errors on the studied composition ranges were estimated at 10 mg kg^?1 for F and Cl, 100 μg kg^?1 for Br and 25 μg kg^?1 for I. The concentration values, based on repeated (generally > 10) sample analysis, were in good agreement generally with published values and narrowed the mean dispersion around mean values. Large dispersions are discussed in terms of samples heterogeneity and contaminations during sample preparation. Basaltic RMs were found to be more suitable for studies of halogen compositions than differentiated rock material, especially granites – the powders of which were heterogeneous in halogens at the 500 mg level.     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法直接同时测定地球化学样品中镓铟铊

报道了用HF—HNO3—HClO4分解样品，以^103Rh为内标元素，采用电感耦合等离子体质谱法直接同时测定地球化学样品中痕量镓、铟、铊的方法。方法检出限(6s)Ga、In、Tl分别为0．059、0．002、0．004μg／g，方法精密度(RSD，n＝12)为2.6％—5.3％。用国家一级标准物质进行验证，测定结果与标准值吻合。