XRF Determination of Zr, Nb, Y, Sr, Rb, Zn, Pb in Fifteen International Geochemical Reference Samples

Fifteen geochemical reference samples were analysed for Zr, Nb, Y, Sr, Rb, Pb and Zn, using a X-ray fluorescence spectrometric method. In general, the results are in good agreement with those proposed or recommended.     

高压微波消解法测定醋酸纤维过滤器采集的微尘粒子中的砷镉钴铬铜铁锰镍铅钒锌

最新的流行病学研究表明,空气中较高浓度的悬浮细颗粒可能对人类的健康有不利的影响。根据该项研究显示,由于心脏病、慢性呼吸问题和肺功能指标恶化而导致死亡率的升高与细尘粒子有关。这些研究结果已经促使欧盟于1999年4月出台了限制空气中二氧化硫、二氧化氮、氧化氮、铅和颗粒物含量的法案（1999/30/EC）,对各项指标包括对可吸入PM10颗粒的浓度提出了新的限制性指标。PM10颗粒是指可以通过预分级器分离采集的气体动力学直径小于10 μm的细颗粒。目前研究的兴趣重点逐步偏向PM2.5这些更细微颗粒物,PM2.5这种颗粒物对健康有明显的不利影响。在欧盟指令2008/50/EC中,对PM10和PM2.5都提出了具体测定要求。     

全反射X射线荧光光谱法同时测定复混肥料中钒铬锰铁镍铜锌铅

样品经硝酸微波消解,以镓为内标,采用全反射X射线荧光光谱法(TXRF)同时测定复混肥料中的钒、铬、锰、铁、镍、铜、锌、铅,方法检出限从铅的1.0μg/g到钒的7.0μg/g,精密度(RSD)铬为2.5%,铅为16%,除铅以外,其余元素的RSD均小于10%;方法回收率为80%～120%,Pb的回收率略低主要是由于化肥中As Kα谱线对Pb Lα谱线的干扰导致测定结果偏低。用TXRF和电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法(ICP-AES)测定不同复混肥料中各元素的含量,经统计检验,两种方法测定结果在95%置信区间内无显著性差异。对于金属元素含量较高的样品,TXRF法测定结果的相对标准偏差小于ICP-AES法。对于不同的复混肥料,在微量、痕量元素检测范围内,TXRF法具有较高的准确度和适用性,仪器使用和维护成本低,方法快速准确。     

A Reappraisal of Rb, Y, Zr, Pb and Th Values in Geochemical Reference Material BHVO-1

The geochemical reference material BHVO-1 was analysed by a variety of techniques over a six year period. These techniques included inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-MS and ICP-AES, respectively), laser ablation ICP-MS and spark source mass spectroscopy. Inconsistencies between the published consensus values reported by Gladney and Roelandts (1988, Geostandards Newsletter) and the results of our study are noted for Rb, Y, Zr, Pb and Th. The values reported here for Rb, Y, Zr and Pb are generally lower, while Th is higher than the consensus value. This is not an analytical artefact unique to the University of Notre Dame ICP-MS facility, as most of the BHVO-1 analyses reported over the last ten to twenty years are in agreement with our results. We propose new consensus values for each of these elements as follows: Rb = 9.3 ± 0.2 μg g-1 (compared to 11 ± 2 μg g-1), Y = 24.4 ± 1.3 μg g-1 (compared to 27.6 ± 1.7 μg g-1), Zr = 172 ± 10 μg g-1 (compared to 179 ± 21 μg g-1), Pb = 2.2 ± 0.2 μg g-1 (compared to 2.6 ± 0.9 μg g-1) and Th = 1.22 ± 0.02 μg g-1 (compared to 1.08 ± 0.15 μg g-1).     

Evaluation of X-ray fluorescence and mass spectrometric analyses of Rb and Sr in some silicate standards

X-ray fluorescence analysis of Rb and Sr in five rock standards, using computed mass absorption corrections, agrees satisfactorily with mass spectrometer results. Comparable agreement is found by averaging Rb and Sr values obtained with matrix corrections based on the reciprocals of Compton scatter and background intensity.     

电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法测定钼矿石中钴铬铜钼镍铅锡钨钇锌

采用盐酸-硝酸-氢氟酸-高氯酸-柠檬酸处理样品,电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法同时测定钼矿中钴、铬、铜、钼、镍、铅、锡、钨、钇、锌10个元素,筛选了不同溶矿方法和仪器参数条件。测定的相对标准偏差(RSD,n=11)均小于3.0%,经国家一级钼矿标准物质分析验证,结果与推荐值吻合。     

Errors in atomic absorption spectrophotometric determination of Pb,Zn, Ni and Co in geologic materials

Errors in atomic absorption spectrophotometric determinations of Pb, Zn, Ni and Co may occur due to the presence of Fe, Al, Ca, Mg, Na and K in the sample solution. At low concentrations of trace element in solution (i.e., up to about 1 p.p.m.) and low concentrations of major elements (up to about 4,000 p.p.m. total cations), the main source of interference is enhancement due to background absorption; this may be corrected by the hydrogen continuum or by use of a non-absorbing wavelength. At higher concentrations of trace element the enhancement due to molecular absorption is partly or completely nullified through suppression caused by major element interference. Similarly, at higher concentrations of major elements, suppression occurs which is probably a function of atomizer efficiency. In these situations, correction for total molecular absorption results in a residual negative error.The errors in determination of Pb, Zn, Ni and Co in geological materials are often ignored in exploration geochemistry work. This restriction on the accuracy of the analytical data is becoming more important with the increasing use of exploration methods based on rock analyses. The errors may be minimized by ensuring that the concentration of both trace element and major element in solution is too low to cause significant suppression effects. Under these circumstances, reasonable results should be obtained through correction for background absorption.     

Biogeochemistry of trace metals (Mn, Sr, Rb, Ba, Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd) in a river-wetland-lake system (Balaton Region, Hungary)

Mn, Sr, Ba, Rb, Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd concentrations have been measured seasonally in the water and deposited sediments of the system comprising: Zala river (main input) — Lakes Kis-Balaton 1 and 2 (small artificial lakes created in a former bay of Lake Balaton) — Keszthely bay (hypertrophic part of Lake Balaton). The concentrations of the trace elements together with pH, alkalinity, dissolved cations (Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺), dissolved inorganic ligands (Cl^–, SO₄ ^2–), particulate Al, Ca, inorganic and organic carbon are used to assess the contamination of the study area and biogeochemical processes controlling trace element concentrations. Thermodynamic speciation calculations have also been utilized to enhance our understanding of the system. In the sediments Rb, Ba, Cu and Zn concentrations were mainly controlled by the abundance of the aluminosilicate fraction. Strontium was mainly associated with the calcium carbonate fraction. The aluminosilicate fraction constitutes a major sink for Mn and Cd but the concentration of these elements are also strongly related to calcite precipitation. The main processes that control the dissolved distribution of trace elements in the Balaton system were: solid phase formation (carbonate) for Mn; coprecipitation with calcite for Sr, Ba, Rb and possibly Mn and Cd; adsorption/desorption processes (pH dependent) for Zn and Pb; solubilization of Mn and precipitation of Cd and Cu in reed covered wetland areas where anoxic conditions were probably existing during the warm season. A preliminary budget of atmospheric and river input to Lake Balaton has also been outlined. Although Lake Balaton, is subjected to anthropogenic inputs mainly from agricultural and domestic activities, their impact on trace element concentrations in the Balaton system is very limited due to the efficiency of removal processes (i.e. adsorption and co-precipitation) and to high sedimentation rates and strong sediment re-suspension. Anthropogenic inputs are only detected for Pb.     

无高氯酸常压酸溶-ICP-MS法同时测定土壤中的As、Cd、Pb、Cr、Zn、Cu、Ni

采用无高氯酸常压酸溶分解土壤样品,利用等离子体质谱法可以1次溶矿测定As、Cd、Pb、Cr、Zn、Cu、Ni 7个重金属元素,具有较高的分析效率、较好的分析质量、较低的分析成本。实验表明,试样溶液中氯的含量对分析元素信号有较大影响。采用硝酸-氢氟酸-硫酸-过氧化氢分解样品以避免引入氯离子,从而能有效避免Cr、As元素在样品分解过程中的损失和氯离子产生的质谱干扰。Cd的测定需采用干扰校正公式扣除Sn的干扰。对于As元素,若试样溶液中不含或仅含微量的氯离子,采用标准模式测定即可得到理想的分析结果,否则必须采用CCT模式进行测定。除As以外的其他元素不论在标准模式或CCT模式下均能得到理想的分析结果。     

Sorption of PAR–metal complexes on activated carbon as a rapid preconcentration method for the determination of Cu, Co, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb and V in ground water

A simple, rapid and field-oriented preconcentration method is described for the determination of Cu, Co, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb and V in ground water samples by flame AAS. The method is based on sorption of trace elements as metal-pyridyl azo resorcinol (M-PAR) complexes on activated carbon (AC) at pH 5.5±0.5. The effects of various parameters for quantitative sorption of M-PAR chelates on AC are discussed. The trace elements are desorbed from AC simply by treating AC with 1.6 M nitric acid, thus avoiding the tedious and time consuming operation of ashing AC. An enrichment factor of 200 or greater is easily achievable. The trace elements could be determined down to 1 ppb (V at 5 ppb) with ±15% relative error. The RSD of the method is ±15% at the practical determination limit of 1 ppb with an enrichment factor of 200. The major advantage of the method is the possibility of performing the preconcentration at the sampling site and hence a small preconcentrated volume could be sent for instrumental analysis, thus preventing sorption on a container during storage. The method has been applied to numerous ground water samples for the determination of these trace analytes at ppb levels in connection with the hydrogeochemical exploration for uranium.     

Determination of Rare Earth Elements, Sc, Y, Zr, Ba, Hf and Th in Geological Samples by ICP-MS after Tm Addition and Alkaline Fusion

We present a revised method for the determination of concentrations of rare earth (REE) and other trace elements (Y, Sc, Zr, Ba, Hf, Th) in geological samples. Our analytical procedure involves sample digestion using alkaline fusion (NaOH-Na₂O₂) after addition of a Tm spike, co-precipitation on iron hydroxides, and measurement by sector field-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (SF-ICP-MS). The procedure was tested successfully for various rock types (i.e., basalt, ultramafic rock, sediment, soil, granite), including rocks with low trace element abundances (sub ng g⁻¹). Results obtained for a series of nine geological reference materials (BIR-1, BCR-2, UB-N, JP-1, AC-E, MA-N, MAG-1, GSMS-2, GSS-4) are in reasonable agreement with published working values.     

手持式X射线荧光光谱仪测定富钴结壳样品中锰铁钴镍铜锌

便携式X射线荧光光谱仪可以快速进行多元素实时分析,在富钴结壳资源勘查中有广阔的应用前景,但是现有仪器的分辨率和稳定性有待进一步提高,特别是现场原位分析法的应用有待研究。本文针对富钴结壳中目标元素含量相对较高的特点,采用松散粉末法制样,建立了手持式X射线荧光光谱仪快速测定太平洋富钴结壳样品中Mn、Fe、Co、Ni、Cu和Zn的分析方法。该方法用多金属结核和富钴结壳国家标准物质进行验证,测定值的相对标准偏差(RSD)在0.2%~3.0%之间,测定值与标准值的相对误差为92.9%~107.6%。样品现场分析和实验室分析的数据对比表明,除了低含量Cu略有超差外,Mn、Fe、Co、Ni、Zn和品位均无超差,完全满足该类矿产资源勘查规程的要求。本法简单、高效,适用于对野外富钴结壳资源作出快速的初步评价。     

Systematics of REE,Sc, Cr,Zr, and Th in Surface Bottom Sediments of the Nordic Seas

Doklady Earth Sciences - The systematics of REE, Sc, Cr, Zr, and Th in silty-pelitic and pelitic surface bottom sediments sampled during cruises 71, 75, 77, and 80 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav...     

Natural speciation of Ni, Zn, Ba, and As in ferromanganese coatings on quartz using X-ray fluorescence, absorption, and diffraction

The mineralogy of natural ferromanganese coatings on quartz grains and the crystal chemistry of associated trace elements Ni, Zn, Ba, and As were characterized by X-ray microfluorescence, X-ray diffraction, and EXAFS spectroscopy. Fe is speciated as ferrihydrite and Mn as vernadite. The two oxides form alternating Fe- and Mn-rich layers that are irregularly distributed and not always continuous. Unlike naturally abundant Fe-vernadite, in which Fe and Mn are mixed at the nanoscale, the ferrihydrite and vernadite are physically segregated and the trace elements clearly partitioned at the microscopic scale. Vernadite consists of two populations of interstratified one-water layer (7 Å phyllomanganate) and two-water layer (10 Å phyllomanganate) crystallites. In one population, 7 Å layers dominate, and in the other 10 Å layers dominate. The three trace metals Ni, Zn, and Ba are associated with vernadite and the metalloid As with ferrihydrite. In vernadite, nickel is both substituted isomorphically for Mn in the manganese layer and sorbed at vacant Mn layer sites in the interlayer. The partitioning of Ni is pH-dependent, with a strong preference for the first site at circumneutral pH and for the second at acidic pH. Thus, the site occupancy of Ni in vernadite may be an indicator of marine vs. continental origin, and in the latter, of the acidity of streams, lakes, or soil pore waters in which the vernadite formed. Zinc is sorbed only in the interlayer at vacant Mn layer sites. It is fully tetrahedral at a Zn/Mn molar ratio of 0.0138, and partly octahedral at a Zn/Mn ratio of 0.1036 consistent with experimental studies showing that the ^VIZn/^IVZn ratio increases with Zn loading. Barium is sorbed in a slightly offset position above empty tetrahedral cavities in the interlayer. Arsenic tetrahedra are retained at the ferrihydrite surface by a bidentate-binuclear attachment to two adjacent iron octahedra, as commonly observed. Trace elements in ferromanganese precipitates are partitioned at a few, well-defined, crystallographic sites that have some elemental specificity, and thus selectivity. The relative diversity of sorption sites contrasts with the simplicity of the layer structure of vernadite, in which charge deficit arises only from Mn⁴⁺ vacancies (i.e., no Mn³⁺ for Mn⁴⁺ substitution). Therefore, sorption mechanisms primarily depend on physical and chemical properties of the sorbate and competition with other ions in solution, such as protons at low pH for Ni sorption.     

The distribution of Co,Cr, Cu,Fe, Mn,Ni and Zn in Framvaren,a Norwegian anoxic fjord

Sediments collected from a Norwegian anoxic fjord have been analyzed for Fe, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni and Zn. With the exception of Zn, the dominant factors effecting their distributions are the mineralogy of the land-derived lithogenic material and the abundance of organic matter.     

ICP-MS测定土壤中的As、Cr、Pb、Se、Cu和Zn

本文用电感耦合等离子质谱法(ICP-MS)测定了土壤的As、Cr、Pb、Se、Cu和Zn6种微量元素的质量分数,以In作为内标进行基体效应的补偿,方法快速灵敏,回收率为92.4%～106.8%,相对标准偏差小于5.0%,结果达到国家标准要求。     

ICP-AES同时测定地质样品中钴铬铜镍

本文研究了地质试样中Cu,Co,Ni,Cr,Ti等五个元素用电感耦合等离子测试的方法及可行性。通过多次试验,用本法所测国家一级标准样品的结果符合国家地质勘查管理规范的要求,结果令人满意。     

Experimental determination of partition coefficients for Rb,Sr and Ba between alkali feldspar and silicate liquid

Partitioning of Rb, Sr and Ba between alkali feldspar and a synthetic granitic melt has been determined at 8 kb and 720 to 780°C for a single quaternary granite composition. The results suggest that Henry's law is obeyed by Rb up to ~0.8 wt.% Rb₂O in both the liquid and in the alkali feldspar. The measured D values for Rb range from 0.77 to 1.1. For Ba, Henry's Law is obeyed up to ~0.6 wt.% BaO in the liquid and ~5 wt.% BaO in the alkali feldspar. D values for Ba range from 6.4 to 14. For Sr there is only a crude relationship between concentration in the liquid and concentration in the alkali feldspar at concentrations greater than ~0.6 wt.% SrO in the liquid and ~0.4 wt.% SrO in the alkali feldspar. D values for Sr range from 1.2 to 5.0. Partitioning of Sr is apparently sensitive to the concentration of Ba in the system and this partly explains the failure of Sr to obey Henry's Law.Linear least-squares fits to the partitioning data as a function of temperature suggest inverse correlation between temperature and D values. Rb shows only a slight temperature effect whereas Ba and Sr appear to be rather strongly affected by temperature, but the temperature range examined here is small compared to the scatter in the data making these trends relatively uncertain. Other factors that appear to affect partitioning, especially of Sr, are growth rate, development of sector zoning and Or content of the alkali feldspar. These factors severely limit the use of partitioning of these elements in alkali feldspar as geothermometers.The technique for measuring growth rates utilized here combined with measurement of trace element depletion in diffusion boundary layers adjacent to the alkali feldspar crystals makes it possible to estimate diffusivities for Ba and Sr. These estimates suggest a difference of 2 orders of magnitude between diffusivities for Ba and Sr in a vapor-saturated melt and those measured by HOFMANN and MAGARITZ (1976) for a dry obsidian glass.     

Determination of Cr,Cu, Ni,Sn, Sr and Zn Mass Fractions in Geochemical Reference Materials by Isotope Dilution ICP‐MS

Isotope dilution (ID) mass spectrometry is a primary method of analysis suited for the accurate and precise measurement of several trace elements in geological matrices. Here we present mass fractions and respective uncertainties for Cr, Cu, Ni, Sn, Sr and Zn in 10 silicate rock reference materials (BCR‐2, BRP‐1, BIR‐1, OU‐6, GSP‐2, GSR‐1, AGV‐1, RGM‐1, RGM‐2 and G‐3) obtained by the double ID technique and measuring the isotope ratios with an inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometer equipped with collision cell. Test portions of the samples were dissolved by validated procedures, and no further matrix separation was applied. Addition of spikes was designed to achieve isotope ratios close to unity to minimise error magnification factors, according to the ID theory. Radiogenic ingrowth of ⁸⁷Sr from the decay of ⁸⁷Rb was considered in the calculation of Sr mass fractions. The mean values of our results mostly agree with reference values, considering both uncertainties at the 95% confidence level, and also with ID data published for AGV‐1. Considering all results, the means of the combined uncertainties were < 1% for Sr, approximately 2% for Sn and Cu, 4% for Cr and Ni and almost 6% for Zn.     

阴离子交换色谱分离和测定微量单矿物方铅矿和闪锌矿中铜、铅、锌、银、铋、镉、锰、钴和镍等元素

微量单矿物方铅矿和闪锌矿中主体元素和痕量元素的多项分析,作者根据金属元素在阴离子交换树脂上与在盐酸、氢溴酸、硝酸、硫酸溶液之间的行为差别,试验了用阴离子交换色谱分离的条件,选用不同浓度的盐酸溶液洗提铜、钴、镍、锰、铅和银;氢溴酸溶液洗提锌;硝酸溶液洗提镉;最后用硫酸溶液洗提铋。本文所拟定的分析流程简便,试用于微量单矿物方铅矿和闪锌矿中九个元素的测定,效果较好。 实验部分 一、主要试剂