Rapid and highly reproducible analysis of rare earth elements by multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

A method has been developed for the rapid chemical separation and highly reproducible analysis of the rare earth elements (REE) by isotope dilution analysis by means of a multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS). This technique is superior in terms of the analytical reproducibility or rapidity of analysis compared with quadrupole ICP-MS or with thermal ionization mass spectrometric isotope dilution techniques. Samples are digested by standard hydrofluoric-nitric acid-based techniques and spiked with two mixed spikes. The bulk REE are separated from the sample on a cation exchange column, collecting the middle-heavy and light REE as two groups, which provides a middle-heavy REE cut with sufficient separation of the light from the heavier REE to render oxide interferences trivial, and a Ba-free light REE cut. The heavy (Er-Lu), middle (Eu-Gd), and light REE (La-Eu) concentrations are determined by three short (1 to 2 min) analyses with a CETAC Aridus desolvating nebulizer introduction system. Replicate digestions of international rock standards demonstrate that concentrations can be reproduced to <1%, which reflects weighing errors during digestion and aliquotting as inter-REE ratios reproduce to ≤0.2% (2 SD). Eu and Ce anomalies reproduce to <0.15%. In addition to determining the concentrations of polyisotopic REE by isotope dilution analysis, the concentration of monoisotopic Pr can be measured during the light REE isotope dilution run, by reference to Pr/Ce and Pr/Nd ratios measured in a REE standard solution. Pr concentrations determined in this way reproduce to <1%, and Pr/REE ratios reproduce to <0.4%. Ce anomalies calculated with La and Pr also reproduce to <0.15% (2 SD). The precise Ce (and Eu) anomaly measurements should allow greater use of these features in studying the recycling of materials with these anomalies into the mantle, or redox-induced effects on the REE during recycling and dehydration of oceanic lithosphere, partial melting, metamorphism, alteration, or sedimentation processes. Moreover, this technique consumes very small amounts (subnanograms) of the REE and will allow precise REE determinations to be made on much smaller samples than hitherto possible.     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定地质样品中的碲

本文采用电感耦合等离子体质谱法,对地质样品中的碲的测定进行了研究,建立了一种快速、准确、简便的测定土壤样品中碲的方法。该方法克服了常规方法的局限性。此方法对6个国家标准物质进行了方法验证,12次测定精密度、准确度均符合标准要求。     

微波消解-电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定土壤中稀土元素条件优化

稀土元素因其用途广泛,已经得到了越来越多的关注,被应用于各个行业.研究表明,稀土元素对作物的光合作用、产量、抗逆、品质、发育和养分吸收等具有重要作用.作物中的稀土元素主要来自对土壤中稀土元素的吸收,因此,有效分解并快速测定土壤中的稀土元素,可以合理指导稀土元素的施用,对作物的生长和土壤的营养状况具有重要作用.本文比较了...     

高分辨电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定植物样品中的12种元素

植物样品经逆王水体系微波消解稀释至一定体积后,直接用高分辨等离子体质谱法（HR-ICP-MS）同时测定溶液中的Cr、Mn、Co、Ni、Cu、Zn、As、Se、Mo、Cd、Hg、Pb共12种无机元素的含量。在HR-ICP-MS仪上优化选择各元素的同位素、分辨率和内标元素,有效消除测定过程中的质谱与非质谱干扰。其中,各元素的检出限在0.55～48.6 ng/g之间 (稀释因子=250) ,相对标准偏差RSD（n=12) 均＜10%。该方法经国家一级生物标准物质验证,测定结果接近标准值,方法准确可靠,适用于快速准确测定植物样品中的12种元素。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定饮用水中微量元素

采用电感耦合等离子体质谱法快速测定饮用水中的微量元素,样品处理简便,检出限低,重现性好,分析速度快。方法检出限为0．007～0．911μg／L,精密度达到0．73％～4．87％。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定黑色页岩中的铂钯

对于黑色页岩中的铂钯元素,试样经过灼烧除去硫以及有机质后,用王水分解,经树脂富集,再将树脂灰化后溶解,采用电感耦合等离子体质谱仪测量,取代比色法,得到了更好的检出限,以及准确度。     

Determination of indium in natural waters by flow injection inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Two methods have been developed to measure indium (In) in natural waters by flow injection inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS). One is the isotope dilution technique using an¹¹³In enriched spike and the other utilizes natural yttrium present in the sample as an internal standard. In the former, optimization of the¹¹³In spike to minimize error is often difficult for samples in which In concentrations are variable, whereas in the latter method, a separate determination of Y in the sample is necessary and hence more sample is required. Using about 1 liter of a water sample, 200 fold preconcentration of In was performed by solvent extraction and back extraction technique and then introduced into the ICPMS to measure the¹¹³In/¹¹⁵In or¹¹⁵In/⁸⁹Y ratios. The detection limits were 0.01–0.02 pmol kg⁻¹ for both methods. Application of the methods to seawater samples yielded the concentrations of 0.06–0.15 pmol kg⁻¹ for the Pacific and 0.6–1.5 pmol kg⁻¹ for the Atlantic. The large inter-oceanic variation of In best resembles that of Al amongst the 3B group of elements in the periodic table. River and estuarine samples gave a more variable range of concentrations of 0.01–15 pmol kg⁻¹. Most of the In supplied by rivers is removed by scavenging in the estuarine mixing zone, suggesting that the fluvial input of In to the ocean is small.     

电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法测定高铁三水铝土矿中的主量和次量元素

采用电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法,同时测定高铁三水铝土矿中的Si、Fe、Al、Ti、Mn、V、As、P等元素。对影响其光谱测量的各种因素进行了较为详细的研究,确定了最佳的试验测定条件。结果表明,该方法的检出限为0.0012-0.061μg/mL,回收率为95.4%-107.4%,主量元素相对标准偏差在1%-3%之间,次量元素相对标准偏差在2%-6%之间。该方法准确、快速、简便,应用于高铁三水铝土矿的测定,结果令人满意。     

A rapid procedure for the determination of thorium,uranium, cadmium and molybdenum in small sediment samples by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: application in Chesapeake Bay

This paper describes a rapid procedure that allows precise analysis of Mo, Cd, U and Th in sediment samples as small as 10 mg by using a novel approach that utilizes a “pseudo” isotope dilution for Th and conventional isotope dilution for Mo, Cd and U by ICP-MS. Long-term reproducibility of the method is between 2.5 and 5% with an advantage of rapid analysis on a single digestion of sediment sample and the potential of adding other elements of interest if so desired. Application of this method to two piston cores collected near the mouth of the Patuxent River in Chesapeake Bay showed that the accumulation of authigenic Mo and Cd varied in response to the changing bottom water redox conditions, with anoxia showing consistent oscillations throughout both pre-industrial and industrial times. Accumulation of authigenic U shows consistent oscillations as well, without any apparent increase in productivity related to anoxic trends. Degrees of Mo and Cd enrichment also inversely correlate to halophilic microfaunal assemblages already established as paleoclimate proxies within the bay indicating that bottom water anoxia is driven in part by the amount of freshwater discharge that the area receives.     

A comparison of lead-isotope measurements on exploration-type samples using inductively coupled plasma and thermal ionization mass spectrometry

Thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TI-MS) has long been the method of choice for Pb-isotope determinations. More recently, however, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been used to determine Pb-isotope ratios for mineral exploration. The ICP-MS technique, although not as precise as TI-MS, may promote a wider application of Ph-isotope ratio methods because it allows individual isotopes to be determined more rapidly, generally without need for chemical separation (e.g., Smith et al., 1984; Hinners et al., 1987). To demonstrate the utility of the ICP-MS method, we have conducted a series of Pb-isotope measurements on several suites of samples using both TI-MS and ICP-MS.     

电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法测定水中硅和锶

本文提出的等离子体发射光谱法测定水中的硅和锶,具有检出限低、线性范围宽,样品无需处理,可直接进样测量等优点。检出限：硅(以二氧化硅计)为0．5mg／L;锶为0．001mg／L。方法简便、准确,结果令人满意。     

电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法测定生物样品中铁、钙、镁、磷、钾、钠

本文介绍了电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法测定生物样品中Fe、Ca、Mg、K、Na、P等元素的分析方法,参加了国家植物标准物质定值,结果令人满意。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法(ICP-MS)测定水系沉积物中的铌钽锆铪

建立电感耦合等离子体质谱法(ICP-MS)测定水系沉积物中铌、钽、锆、铪四种元素的分析方法。将样品与氢氧化钠、过氧化钠混合物放入高温炉中,熔融分解完全,用热水提取,过滤后弃去滤液,将滤纸及沉淀用酒石酸-盐酸溶液溶解,稀释至刻度测定。方法检出限(3s)为:LD(Nb)=0.08μg/g,LD(Ta)=0.04μg/g,LD(Zr)=0.5μg/g,LD(Hf)=0.04μg/g,精密度(RSD%,n=6)为:0.84%~4.21%。该测定方法具有灵敏度高、精密度好、分析速度快、线性范围宽、操作性强等优势。采用该方法对国家一级标准物质进行测定表明,其结果与标准值吻合。此方法已在实际地质调查样品分析中得到应用。     

高分辨电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定透析用水中的12种元素

用高分辨率电感耦合等离子体质谱法(HR-ICP-MS)同时测定透析用水中的Na、Cd、Sn、Ba、Pb、Mg、Al、Ca、Cr、Cu、Zn、K等12种元素,对各元素的测定同位素及分辨率进行了优选,有效地消除了绝大多数多原子及双电荷离子干扰的影响.方法检出限在(0.002~1.5) μg/L之间,加标回收率为(90~102)%,相对标准偏差(0.53~5.83)%.     

A re-assessment of nickel-doping method in iron isotope analysis on rock samples using multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Element doping has been proved to be a useful method to correct for the mass bias fractionation when analyzing iron isotope compositions. We present a systematic re-assessment on how the doped nickel may affect the iron isotope analysis in this study by carrying out several experiments. We find three important factors that can affect the analytical results, including the Ni:Fe ratio in the analyte solutions, the match of the Ni:Fe ratio between the unknown sample and standard solutions, and the match of the Fe concentration between the sample and standard solutions. Thus, caution is required when adding Ni to the analyte Fe solutions before analysis. Using our method, the δ⁵⁶Fe and δ⁵⁷Fe values of the USGS standards W-2a, BHVO-2, BCR-2, AGV-2 and GSP-2 are consistent with the recommended literature values, and the long-term (one year) external reproducibility is better than 0.03 and 0.05‰ (2SD) for δ⁵⁶Fe and δ⁵⁷Fe, respectively. Therefore, the analytical method established in our laboratory is a method of choice for high quantity Fe isotope data in geological materials.

     

Determination of uranium, thorium and potassium contents in rock and soil samples using low-energy gamma ray spectrometry

A low-energy gamma ray spectrometric set-up for determination of uranium, thorium and potassium in rock and soil samples is described. The procedure described exploits the fact that a large proportion of gamma quanta produced in the Th and U decay series have energies of less than 1 MeV. The instrumental parameters such as sensitivity and detection limits for the low-energy region have been studied. The measuring conditions were optimized by suitably minimizing the background and by increasing the overall sensitivity with the help of proper geometry of measurement and sample parameters. High sensitivity and low detection limits for U and Th can be achieved using low-energy gamma ray spectrometry. The method provides a rapid analysis with a counting time of the order of a few minutes for each sample.     

电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法测定区域化探样品中高含量的砷

采用1∶1王水处理样品,用电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法(ICP-AES)测定地球化学样品中的砷元素。测定样品采用国家一级标准物质进行试验,并与标准值进行比较,测定值与标准值相符,满足《地质矿产实验室质量管理规范》的质量要求。经试验,该方法精密度(RSD,n=12)为1.48%~5.63%,检出限(ug/g)6.42,加标回收率为95.15%~104.6%,其方法简便快速,操作周期短,适合大批量地区化学样品中高含量砷的快速测定。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法(7900 ICP-MS)测定土壤中30种痕量元素

本文中土壤样品利用HNO3-HF-HCl O4混酸消解和王水提取后,采用电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)法同时测定了国家标准土壤样品中30种痕量元素(Ba、Be、Bi、Cd、Ce、Co、Cr、Cs、Cu、Ga、Hf、In、La、Li、Mn、Mo、Nb、Ni、Pb、Rb、Sb、Sc、Sr、Ta、Th、Tl、U、V、W、Zn)的含量。其测定值与标准值相符,准确度符合国家标准要求。该方法所有元素的相关系数在0.9990~1.0000之间,各元素的方法检出限均满足要求,相对标准偏差(RSD)≤10%,结果表明该方法满足土壤中痕量元素的分析要求,建立的方法样品前处理程序简单快速,线性范围宽,分析重现性好,结果准确,可以运用于大批量地质样品中痕量元素含量的同时测定。最后用已建立的方法测定了北京某地区的土壤样品,测试结果满意。     

电感藕合等离子体质谱法同时测定区域地球化学调查样品中19个元素

土壤、岩石、水系沉积物等样品经盐酸、硝酸、氢氟酸、高氯酸敞开溶解,王水提取,试液直接用电感藕合等离子体质谱仪同时测定As、Sb、Bi、Li、Be、La、Ce、Sc、Co、Ni、Cu、Pb、Tl、U、Th、Cd、W、Mo、Zn等19种元素。方法检出限(σ=3)在0.03~5.0μg.g-1之间,所有元素的相对标准偏差(RSD,n=12)均小于10%,方法经国家一级地球化学标准物质验证,测定值与推荐值吻合。