Carbon isotope fractionation between dissolved and gaseous carbon dioxide

Fractionation of the stable carbon isotopes between dissolved and gaseous carbon dioxide has been measured at temperature 25°C by two methods. In the first method the open system conditions and different methods of CO₂ sampling were arranged. In the second method—the closed system conditions and CO₂ gas extraction were used. The results obtained by these methods are very consistent. Gaseous CO₂ is enriched in heavy isotope by 1.03±0.02 permil in comparison to dissolved carbon dioxide.     

Maximum carbon isotope fractionation in photosynthesis by blue-green algae and a green alga

The maximum carbon isotope fractionation occurring in photosynthetic fixation of carbon dioxide in pure cultures of blue-green algae was ?23.9%. and for a green alga was ?22.6%., Maximum fractionations were obtained where cell densities were low and carbon dioxide concentrations were greater than 0.5%. Fractionation was reduced at higher temperatures using a thermophilic blue-green alga. For filamentous blue-green algae wherein clumping occurs and localized cell concentrations were high, fractionation was also lower. Fractionations reported in literature for Precambrian organic materials are comparable to the maximum fractionations reported here. This suggests that the early photosynthetic organisms developed under conditions of high carbon dioxide availability, i.e. slow growth rates and/or low population densities.     

Experimental determination of the isotopic fractionation between gaseous CO2 and carbon dissolved in tholeiitic magma

Isotope fractionation of carbon between CO₂ and carbon dissolved in a tholeiitic magma measured in the range 1120–1280 ° C, 7.0–8.4 Kb varies from 4.6 to 4 in favor of CO₂. These results make possible to explain all deep seated ¹³C values from a restricted range of primary mantle ¹³C concentrations. They also suggest that carbon could be dissolved in basaltic magmas in a reduced form.     

Carbon isotope fractionation between calcite,graphite and CO2: an experimental study

The partitioning of stable carbon isotopes between calcite, graphite and CO₂ was experimentally determined at temperatures from 500 to 1200 °C and 1 to 15 kbar pressure. Attainment of carbon isotope equilibrium in CO₂-calcite runs was proven by achieving the same fractionation from isotopically opposite directions. The resultant CO₂-calcite fractionation curve for carbon differs from Bottinga's calculation by 1.2 and confirms recent experiments of Chacko et al. and Mattey et al. In CO₂-graphite experiments equilibrium fractions were extrapolated by applying the partial-exchange technique of Northrop and Clayton and by optimizing the contribution of surface reaction in graphite. CO₂-graphite fractionations at temperatures up to 800 °C are in fair agreement with Bottinga's calculation, but yield a surprisingly high fractionation of 5 at upper mantle temperatures. The combination of CO₂-calcite (carbon) and CO₂-graphite fractionation results in a new experimentally determined calcite-grapite fractionation curve, expressed by the equation:

Argon isotope fractionation induced by stepwise heating

Noble gas isotopes are widely used to elucidate the history of the rocks in which they have been trapped, either from distinct reservoirs or by accumulation following radioactive decay. To extract noble gases from their host rocks, stepwise heating is the most commonly used technique to deconvolve isotopically different components, e.g., atmospheric, in situ radiogenic, or excess radiogenic from mantle or crustal reservoirs. The accurate determination of the isotopic composition of these different components is of crucial importance, e.g., for ages obtained by ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar stepheating plateaus. However, diffusion theory-based model calculations predict that the stepwise thermal extraction process from mineral phases induces isotope fractionation and, hence, adulterates the original composition. Such effects are largely unconsidered, as they are small and a compelling experimental observation is lacking. We report the first unequivocal evidence for significant mass fractionation of argon isotopes during thermal extraction, observed on shungite, a carbon-rich Precambrian sedimentary rock. The degree of fractionation, as monitored by ³⁸Ar/³⁶Ar and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratios, very well agrees with theoretical predictions assuming an inverse square root dependence of diffusion coefficient and atomic mass, resulting in easier extraction of lighter isotopes. Hence, subatmospheric ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratios obtained for argon extracted at low temperatures may not represent paleoatmospheric argon. Shungite argon resembles modern atmospheric composition, but constraints on the timing of trapping appear difficult to obtain, as shungites are multicomponent systems.In ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar stepwise heating, the isotope fractionation effect could cause systematic underestimations of plateau ages, between 0.15 and 0.4% depending on age, or considerably higher if samples contain appreciable atmospheric Ar. The magnitude of this effect is similar to the presently achieved uncertainties of this increasingly precise dating technique. Our results also indicate the importance of thermally activated diffusion as a possible fractionation mechanism, e.g., for hydrothermal gas exhalations, or for carbonaceous carrier phases such as “Q” in meteorites that have been suggested as carriers of highly fractionated noble gas residues from the early solar nebula.     

Low stable carbon isotope fractionation by coccolithophore RubisCO

The ¹³C/¹²C ratio of carbon compounds is used to identify sources and sinks in the global carbon cycle. However, the relatively enriched ¹³C content observed for marine organic carbon remains enigmatic. The majority of oceanic carbon is fixed by algae and cyanobacteria via the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle, yet isotopic discrimination by the CO₂ fixation enzyme, RubisCO (ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase), has only been measured for a single marine cyanobacterium. Different forms of RubisCO occur in different phytoplankton species (overall amino acid identity varying by as much as ∼75%) and thus may vary in the degree to which they fractionate carbon. Here we measured isotope discrimination by RubisCO from the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi, a cosmopolitan species used as a marine algal model.E. huxleyi RubisCO discriminated substantially less (ε = 11.1‰) against ¹³CO₂ than other RubisCO enzymes (18-29‰), despite having Michaelis-Menten kinetic parameters (K_CO2 = 72 μM; V_max = 0.66 μmol min⁻¹ mg⁻¹ protein) similar to those measured for RubisCO enzymes from different organisms. If widespread, decreased isotope discrimination of ¹³C by phytoplankton RubisCO may be a major factor influencing the enriched ¹³C content of marine organic carbon. This finding emphasizes the necessity of (a) determining ε values for RubisCOs of other marine phytoplankton and (b) re-evaluation of δ¹³C values from physiological, environmental, and geological studies.     

桂林漓江水体溶解无机碳迁移与水生光合碳固定研究

河流溶解无机碳含量昼夜变化主要受碳酸盐反向沉积、水生光合利用和脱气作用控制,被水生光合利用的溶解无机碳是岩溶碳汇的组成部分,脱气作用比例的大小是影响碳汇稳定性的决定因素。本文以漓江中游省里—冠岩之间15 km长河段为研究对象,开展昼夜高分辨率水化学自动化监测与高频取样,分析水生植物光合作用利用HCO3-1及相关钙沉降过程。结果表明,监测河段水生光合利用的无机碳转化通量为859 kgC?d-1,单位流程光合作用溶解无机碳转化量和钙沉降量分别为2.06 t?（d?km）-1和0.78 t?（d?km）-1。光合作用与钙沉降消耗DIC约占总转化量的70 %,以光合有机碳和CaCO3形式储存于河床,成为岩溶碳汇组成部分。无机碳转化量约占输入DIC总量的6.0 %（其中1.7%以CO2形式返回大气）,说明夏季低水位期间强烈的水生植物光合利用溶解无机碳,可有效遏制白天水气界面CO2脱气过程发生,低脱气比例证实漓江水体的溶解无机碳还是比较稳定的。     

Oxygen isotope fractionation of dissolved oxygen during reduction by ferrous iron

The oxygen isotope fractionation factor of dissolved oxygen gas has been measured during inorganic reduction by aqueous FeSO₄ at 10−54 °C under neutral (pH 7) and acidic (pH 2) conditions, with Fe(II) concentrations ranging up to 0.67 mol L⁻¹, in order to better understand the geochemical behavior of oxygen in ferrous iron-rich groundwater and acidic mine pit lakes. The rate of oxygen reduction increased with increasing temperature and increasing Fe(II) concentration, with the pseudo-first-order rate constant k ranging from 2.3 to 82.9 × 10⁻⁶ s⁻¹ under neutral conditions and 2.1 to 37.4 × 10⁻⁷ s⁻¹ under acidic conditions. The activation energy of oxygen reduction was 30.9 ± 6.6 kJ mol⁻¹ and 49.7 ± 13.0 kJ mol⁻¹ under neutral and acidic conditions, respectively. Oxygen isotope enrichment factors (ε) become smaller with increasing temperature, increasing ferrous iron concentration, and increasing reaction rate under acidic conditions, with ε values ranging from −4.5‰ to −11.6‰. Under neutral conditions, ε does not show any systematic trends vs. temperature or ferrous iron concentration, with ε values ranging from −7.3 to −10.3‰. Characterization of the oxygen isotope fractionation factor associated with O₂ reduction by Fe(II) will have application to elucidating the process or processes responsible for oxygen consumption in environments such as groundwater and acidic mine pit lakes, where a number of possible processes (e.g. biological respiration, reduction by reduced species) may have taken place.     

生物气CO2还原途径中碳同位素分馏作用研究及应用

地质历史中,CO2/H2还原产甲烷作用对生物气的形成具有十分重要的意义。中国柴达木盆地第四系生物气主要为CO2/H2还原型生物气。笔者以CO2/H2还原生气理论为指导,进行不同初始碳同位素值和不同赋存状态碳源的生物模拟实验,研究CO2/H2还原产气过程中发生的碳同位素分馏作用。实验结果表明,产物中δ13CH4值与底物的δ13C值呈很好的正相关关系;在反应母质过量的情况下,碳源的赋存状态可以影响产物甲烷的碳同位素组成。以游离形式CO2还原产生的甲烷δ13C值,相对于以HCO3-、CO23-离子形式产生的甲烷δ13C值轻。通过柴达木盆地东部第四系生物气田实例分析,探讨了该区生物气的主要底物CO2的来源及赋存状态,对评价盆地生物气资源和有利勘探区预测有重要的参考价值。     

A new value for the stable oxygen isotope fractionation between dissolved sulfate ion and water

Although the stable oxygen isotope fractionation between dissolved sulfate ion and H₂O (hereafter ) is of physico-chemical and biogeochemical significance, no experimental value has been established until present. The primary reason being that uncatalyzed oxygen exchange between and H₂O is extremely slow, taking ∼10⁵ years at room temperature. For lack of a better approach, values of 16‰ and 31‰ at 25 °C have been assumed in the past, based on theoretical ‘gas-phase’ calculations and extrapolation of laboratory results obtained at temperatures >75 °C that actually pertain to the bisulfate system. Here I use novel quantum-chemistry calculations, which take into account detailed solute-water interactions to establish a new value for of 23‰ at 25 °C. The results of the corresponding calculations for the bisulfate ion are in agreement with observations. The new theoretical values show that sediment -data, which reflect oxygen isotope equilibration between sulfate and ambient water during microbial sulfate reduction, are consistent with the abiotic equilibrium between and water.     

Carbon isotope fractionation of Thermoanaerobacter kivui in different growth media and at different total inorganic carbon concentration

Chemolithotrophic homoacetogenic bacteria apparently express a characteristic stable carbon isotope fractionation and may contribute significantly to acetate production in anoxic environments. However, fractionation factors (ε) in bacterial cultures have rarely been determined and the effect of substrate availability has not been assessed. We therefore studied the kinetic carbon isotope effect in cultures of Thermoanaerobacter kivui grown at 55 °C. The fractionation factor in HCO₃⁻ buffered medium was ca. 15‰ more negative than that in PO₄³⁻ buffered medium. To test whether the difference was caused by the initial substrate ratio of H₂ and total inorganic carbon (TIC; 0.5 in HCO₃⁻ vs. 4.0 in PO₄³⁻ buffered medium), T. kivui was grown in either [3-(N-morpholino) propanesulfonic acid, MOPS] buffered or PO₄³⁻ buffered media with different HCO₃⁻ concentration. Indeed, the fractionation factor became more negative with increasing HCO₃⁻ concentration and decreasing H₂/TIC ratio. While pH had only a small effect, the fractionation was generally more negative in MOPS buffered than in phosphate buffered media, indicating that the buffer system also affected fractionation. Collectively, the results show that substrate availability and other environmental factors affect the magnitude of isotope fractionation during acetate production by chemolithotrophic homoacetogenesis.     

岩溶水库热结构变化对水体溶解无机碳及其同位素的影响过程

以中国南方亚热带地区典型的地下水补给型水库——大龙洞水库为对象,于2018年1月、4月、7月、10月、12月分别在上、中、下游三个监测点进行采样,探究水库热结构变化对于水体无机碳及其同位素的影响过程及机理。结果表明：（1）大龙洞水库水体在一个水文年中呈现周期性的混合期—分层期—混合期的热结构变化,4月热分层开始显现,7月逐渐显著呈现完整的热分层,10月以后热分层逐渐消失,水体逐渐实现混合;（2）水体热分层是溶解无机碳（DIC）浓度与碳稳定同位素（δ¹³C_DIC）值变化的主要驱动力。表水层中DIC主要受水—气界面二氧化碳脱气、水生生物光合作用控制,其DIC浓度与δ¹³C_DIC值分别为3.22 mmol·L⁻¹和−9.15‰;温跃层中DIC主要受有机质降解过程影响,其DIC浓度与δ¹³C_DIC值分别为3.43 mmol·L⁻¹和−9.70‰;底水层中DIC主要受碳酸盐沉淀过程影响,其DIC浓度与δ¹³C_DIC值分别为4.32 mmol·L⁻¹和−11.89‰;（3）三种过程伴随水库热结构的变化而变化,驱动DIC浓度及其同位素的变化梯度 G (DIC)与 G (δ¹³C_DIC)的变化,表现为底水层＜表水层＜温跃层。热分层结束进入混合期后,DIC浓度与δ¹³C_DIC值的时空差异均逐渐消失,最终表现出DIC浓度与δ¹³C_DIC值的均一化。     

The relationship between total dissolved carbon dioxide and its stable carbon isotope ratio in aquatic sediments

A model is constructed to predict the stable carbon isotope ratio of the total dissolved CO₂ in aquatic sediments and laboratory reactors. The major parameters of the model are the fractionation between CO₂ and CH₄ as well as the intra-molecular fractionation of acetate, the relative production of CH₄ from CO₂ reduction versus acetate fermentation, the net production ratio of CO₂ to CH₄ and the stable carbon isotope ratio of the source organic carbon. The model is fitted to published data and to date from the littoral sediments of Lake Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada. The inclusion of the intra-molecular fractionation factor of acetate in the model provides a good fit to the data; without this factor, the values of the other parameters necessary for a good fit appear unreasonable.     

电气石和水之间的氢同位素分馏

作者对电气-水体系氢同位素平衡分馏和动力学分馏和动力学分馏开展了实验研究，丰富了羟基矿物氢同位素分馏资料。本文对该研究的实验技术、分析方法作了介绍，并对实验结果进行讨论与国外已有的该方面的资料作了对比。在800-650℃时电气石和水之间氢同位素平衡分馏系数与温度间线性关系为103lna电气石-水=-28.24（106/T2）+2.60；交换速率常数与温度间关系为lnk2=-0.19-6.70（103/T）     

Oxygen isotope fractionation between rutile and water

Synthetic rutile-water fractionations (1000 ln α) at 775, 675, and 575° C were found to be ?2.8, ?3.5, and ?4.8, respectively. Partial exchange experiments with natural rutile at 575° C and with synthetic rutile at 475° C failed to yield reliable fractionations. Isotopic fractionation within the range 575–775° C may be expressed as follows: 1 $$1000\ln \alpha ({\rm T}i{\rm O}_{2 } - H_2 O) = - 4.1 \frac{{10^6 }}{{T_{k^2 } }} + 0.96$$ . Combined with previously determined quartz-water fractionations, the above data permit calibration of the quartz-rutile geothermometer: 1 $$1000\ln \alpha ({\text{S}}i{\rm O}_{2 } - Ti{\rm O}_{2 } ) = 6.6 \frac{{10^6 }}{{T_{k^2 } }} - 2.9$$ . When applied to B-type eclogites from Europe, as an example, the latter equation yields a mean equilibration temperature of 565° C.     

Oxygen isotope fractionation between zoisite and water

Oxygen isotope fractionations between zoisite and water have been studied at 400–700°C, PH₂O = 13.4 kbar, using the three-isotope method described by Matsuhisaet al. (1978) and Matthewset al. (1983a). The zoisite-waier exchange reaction takes place extremely slowly and consequently direct-exchange calibration of equilibrium ${}^{18}\text{O}{}^{16}\text{O}$ fractionation factors was possible only at 600 and 700°C. Fractionation factors at 400–600°C were determined from samples hydrothermally crystallized from a glass of the anhydrous zoisite composition. At 600°C, both exchange procedures gave identical fractionations within experimental error. Scanning electron microscope studies showed that the zoisite-water exchange reaction occurs largely by solution-precipitation mass-transfer mechanisms. The slow kinetics of zoisite-water exchange may be typical of hydrous silicates, since additional experiments on tremolite-water and chlorite-water exchange also showed very low rates. When the zoisite-water fractionation factors determined in this study are combined with the quartz and albite-water data of Matsuhisaet al. (1979) and the calcite-water data of O'Nellet al. (1969), mineral-pair fractionations are obtained for which the coefficients “A” in the equation 1000 In α = A × 10⁶T^?2 are:

     

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Tracing dissolved O₂ and dissolved inorganic carbon stable isotope dynamics in the Nyack aquifer: Middle Fork Flathead River, Montana, USA   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

M. Garrett Smith  Christopher H. Gammons  F. Richard Hauer 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2011,75(20):5971-5986

The geochemistry and microbiology of shallow groundwater aquifers is greatly influenced by the concentration of dissolved oxygen gas (DO); however, the mechanisms that consume DO in groundwater (e.g., biotic or abiotic) are often ambiguous. The use of stable isotopes of molecular O₂ (δ¹⁸O-DO), in conjunction with stable isotopes of dissolved inorganic carbon (δ¹³C-DIC), has potential to discriminate between the various mechanisms causing DO depletion in subsurface waters.Here we report the results of spatial and seasonal changes in δ¹⁸O-DO and δ¹³C-DIC at the Nyack floodplain aquifer along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River near West Glacier, Montana, USA. Over a short, well constrained flow path (∼100 m) near a main recharge zone of the floodplain, the δ¹⁸O-DO consistently increased as DO concentrations decreased with distance from the recharge source. Concurrently, DIC concentrations increased and δ¹³C-DIC values decreased. These observations are explained by community respiration coupled with dissolution of calcite from cobbles in the aquifer matrix. When these results are compared to data from wells distributed over the entire floodplain (several km) a much less predictable relationship was observed between DO concentration and δ¹⁸O-DO. Many wells with low DO concentrations (e.g., <125 μmol L⁻¹ or 4 mg L⁻¹) had anomalously low δ¹⁸O-DO values (e.g., <20‰). Mass balance calculations show that approximately equal amounts of O₂ may be contributed to the aquifer by diffusion from the vadose zone and by advection from the river recharge. Calculations presented here suggest that diffusion across a narrow air-water interface can contribute isotopically light δ¹⁸O-DO to the saturated zone. Possible contributions of light δ¹⁸O-DO from other processes, such as isotopic exchange and radial oxygen loss from plant roots in or near the water table, are compared and evaluated.     

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激光光谱技术在溶解无机碳碳同位素分析中的应用     

汪智军  李建鸿 《中国岩溶》2021,40(4):636-643

天然水溶解无机碳（DIC）碳同位素组成（δ13CDIC）分析是研究碳元素循环及相关生物地球化学过程的重要手段之一。近年来,激光光谱技术的发展为碳同位素比值测定提供了一种新的方法。文中阐述了一种总有机碳仪—激光光谱同位素仪联用在线测定水中DIC含量及δ13CDIC值的技术方法。该方法具有较高的测试精度,DIC含量测试结果相对标准偏差能控制在1%以内,δ13CDIC值精度优于±0.1‰（1σ）。不同类型岩溶水δ13CDIC值的测试结果与质谱仪法结果接近,差值总体≤0.3‰,表明该测试技术具有较高的准确度。由于吸收光谱信号与目标气体浓度有关,较低的CO2浓度会影响激光光谱仪的稳定性,在测试时需要根据DIC浓度控制样品进样量,最好采用多标样法来校准仪器测量值。激光光谱技术因其具有低成本、测试快速可靠,且仪器小巧便携等特点,在岩溶水溶解无机碳碳同位素分析中具有较大应用前景。     

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Experimental determination of carbon isotope fractionation between CaCO₃ and graphite     

Peter Deines 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2009,73(24):7256-348

Carbon isotopic exchange between graphite and three polymorphs of CaCO₃ was investigated at temperatures of 600-1400 °C and at pressures from 1.4 to 2.3 GPa. Fractionation factors at all temperatures were determined by the partial exchange treatment of Northrop and Clayton (1966).Graphite starting material for the majority of the experiments was milled in water for 20-25 h, producing aggregates of nanosheets. The sheets range in width from 50 to 1000 nm and in thickness from 20 to 30 nm, and they retain hexagonal symmetry.Isotopic exchange appears to be the sum of surface exchange and interior exchange. At 1100-1400 °C, interior exchange exceeded surface exchange, probably by a combination of grain growth, as determined by increase in crystallite size, recrystallization, as observed in FESEM images, and diffusion. In some runs at 1200 and 1400 °C with an isotopic contrast between the initial graphite and calcite of close to 50‰, equilibrium fractionation was actually overstepped due to a kinetic effect. A weighted regression of fractionation factors from the high-temperature runs yields the line of equilibrium interior exchange:

     

	Ab	Cc	Zo
Q	0.50	0.50	1.56
Ab		0.00	1.06
Cc			1.06

Tracing dissolved O2 and dissolved inorganic carbon stable isotope dynamics in the Nyack aquifer: Middle Fork Flathead River, Montana, USA

The geochemistry and microbiology of shallow groundwater aquifers is greatly influenced by the concentration of dissolved oxygen gas (DO); however, the mechanisms that consume DO in groundwater (e.g., biotic or abiotic) are often ambiguous. The use of stable isotopes of molecular O₂ (δ¹⁸O-DO), in conjunction with stable isotopes of dissolved inorganic carbon (δ¹³C-DIC), has potential to discriminate between the various mechanisms causing DO depletion in subsurface waters.Here we report the results of spatial and seasonal changes in δ¹⁸O-DO and δ¹³C-DIC at the Nyack floodplain aquifer along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River near West Glacier, Montana, USA. Over a short, well constrained flow path (∼100 m) near a main recharge zone of the floodplain, the δ¹⁸O-DO consistently increased as DO concentrations decreased with distance from the recharge source. Concurrently, DIC concentrations increased and δ¹³C-DIC values decreased. These observations are explained by community respiration coupled with dissolution of calcite from cobbles in the aquifer matrix. When these results are compared to data from wells distributed over the entire floodplain (several km) a much less predictable relationship was observed between DO concentration and δ¹⁸O-DO. Many wells with low DO concentrations (e.g., <125 μmol L⁻¹ or 4 mg L⁻¹) had anomalously low δ¹⁸O-DO values (e.g., <20‰). Mass balance calculations show that approximately equal amounts of O₂ may be contributed to the aquifer by diffusion from the vadose zone and by advection from the river recharge. Calculations presented here suggest that diffusion across a narrow air-water interface can contribute isotopically light δ¹⁸O-DO to the saturated zone. Possible contributions of light δ¹⁸O-DO from other processes, such as isotopic exchange and radial oxygen loss from plant roots in or near the water table, are compared and evaluated.     

激光光谱技术在溶解无机碳碳同位素分析中的应用

天然水溶解无机碳（DIC）碳同位素组成（δ13CDIC）分析是研究碳元素循环及相关生物地球化学过程的重要手段之一。近年来,激光光谱技术的发展为碳同位素比值测定提供了一种新的方法。文中阐述了一种总有机碳仪—激光光谱同位素仪联用在线测定水中DIC含量及δ13CDIC值的技术方法。该方法具有较高的测试精度,DIC含量测试结果相对标准偏差能控制在1%以内,δ13CDIC值精度优于±0.1‰（1σ）。不同类型岩溶水δ13CDIC值的测试结果与质谱仪法结果接近,差值总体≤0.3‰,表明该测试技术具有较高的准确度。由于吸收光谱信号与目标气体浓度有关,较低的CO2浓度会影响激光光谱仪的稳定性,在测试时需要根据DIC浓度控制样品进样量,最好采用多标样法来校准仪器测量值。激光光谱技术因其具有低成本、测试快速可靠,且仪器小巧便携等特点,在岩溶水溶解无机碳碳同位素分析中具有较大应用前景。     

Experimental determination of carbon isotope fractionation between CaCO3 and graphite

Carbon isotopic exchange between graphite and three polymorphs of CaCO₃ was investigated at temperatures of 600-1400 °C and at pressures from 1.4 to 2.3 GPa. Fractionation factors at all temperatures were determined by the partial exchange treatment of Northrop and Clayton (1966).Graphite starting material for the majority of the experiments was milled in water for 20-25 h, producing aggregates of nanosheets. The sheets range in width from 50 to 1000 nm and in thickness from 20 to 30 nm, and they retain hexagonal symmetry.Isotopic exchange appears to be the sum of surface exchange and interior exchange. At 1100-1400 °C, interior exchange exceeded surface exchange, probably by a combination of grain growth, as determined by increase in crystallite size, recrystallization, as observed in FESEM images, and diffusion. In some runs at 1200 and 1400 °C with an isotopic contrast between the initial graphite and calcite of close to 50‰, equilibrium fractionation was actually overstepped due to a kinetic effect. A weighted regression of fractionation factors from the high-temperature runs yields the line of equilibrium interior exchange: