A Rapid Acid Digestion Technique for the Simultaneous Determination of Bromine and Iodine in Fifty‐Three Chinese Soils and Sediments by ICP‐MS

Bromine and iodine are important tracers for geochemical and environmental studies. In this study, a rapid acid digestion (HNO₃ + HF) with ammonia dilution for the simultaneous determination of bromine and iodine in soils and sediments using ICP‐MS was developed. The recoveries of Br and I were controlled by the synergic effect of temperature and time. It took only 15 min at 140 °C for the complete recovery of Br and I in sediment (GSD‐2) and soil (GSS‐24) reference materials, which is a process that needs 2–6 h at 90 °C. A serious loss of Br and I was found at a higher digestion temperature of 190 °C. A 5% v/v NH₄OH dilution effectively eliminated the memory effects and stabilised the signals of Br and I. Moreover, ammonia dilution also avoided the corrosiveness of HF on the sample introduction system and torch of ICP‐MS. Tellurium is a more suitable internal standard element than In in the ammonia medium. To avoid the adsorption of residues of dissolution on Te, addition of Te should be carried out after centrifuging the solution. The developed method was successfully applied to determine Br and I in fifty‐three Chinese soil and sediment reference materials. This simple method shows great potential for the rapid determination of Br and I in large batches of geological and environmental samples commonly analysed for mineral exploration and environmental geochemistry studies.     

地质样品痕量氯溴和硫的X射线荧光光谱法测定

报道了粉末压样－X射线荧光光谱法测定地质样品中痕量Cl、Br、S的分析方法。采用水系沉积物、岩石和土壤等国家一级标准物质进行校准。实验表明，对于不同岩性样品中Br的分析，特别是当Br的含量低于2μg/g时，采用谱峰强度（未扣除背景）与背景强度的比进行校准所得到的结果，明显优于铑靶线的Compton散射线内标法，分析精度（RSD,n=6)为2.4%-15.3%，大多数优于10％；平均值的相对误差低于24％。对于Cl的分析，只需对Ca的影响加以校正即可得到非常好的结果；不同样品中Cl的分析精度（RSD，n=6)为2.1%-13.6%，大多数优于5％；平均值的相对误差不大于25％，多数优于10％。S的校准曲线的离散性较大，矿物学效应是影响S分析准确度的主要因素，其分析精度（RSD,n=6)为0.87%-5.6%，除个别样品外，平均值的相对误差优于36％。Cl和S均存在分析结果随测量时间（次数）的增加而增高的现象，必须在制样后立即测量。方法的检出限（μg/g)Br、Cl、S分别为0．43、5．8和2．2。