地质样品铁同位素自动固相萃取系统研究

研发了一种自动固相萃取系统,用于分离地质样品中铁同位素。系统有4个并行通道,可以一次处理4个样品。对于这4个样品,一次处理过程仅需24 min。选用AG1-X8阴离子交换树脂对花岗岩样品(GBW07103)中的铁进行萃取。在萃取过程中,当盐酸浓度大于6 mol/L时,铁形成络阴离子并被吸附在AG1-X8阴离子交换树脂上,其余阳离子被洗脱出来。用浓度为8 mol/L的HNO 3和H 2O洗脱铁,铁的洗脱体积为4 mL,铁可以被定量回收,回收率达到96.0%~107%。消除了测试过程中的基体影响,提高了样品处理效率,减少了人为污染风险,是一个多元化样品处理工具。     

应用多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定海洋碳酸盐中稳定铅同位素组成

研究了多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(MC-ICP MS)测定铅同位素比值时,影响测试结果准确度和精密度的主要因素及其优化过程。在优化条件下,10 h内连续30次测定4 ng/mL NIST SRM 981同位素标准溶液铅同位素比值,获得208Pb/206Pb、207Pb/206Pb和206Pb/204Pb相对标准偏差(RSDs)分别为0.005%、0.004%和0.054%。长期监测208Pb/206Pb、207Pb/206Pb和206Pb/204Pb,标准偏差(2SDs)分别为0.000 06、0.000 05和0.006 7。采用NEPTUNE MC-ICP MS法测定了低铅海洋碳酸盐样品中稳定铅的同位素比值,并对南海橙黄滨珊瑚(Porites lutea)和库氏砗磲(Tridacna gigas)进行了分析,得到全流程空白为8～10 pg,重复样误差优于0.1%。经0.50 mol/L HNO3洗脱之后,得到海南珊瑚样品中208Pb/206Pb、207Pb/206Pb的比值分别为2.086 2±0.001 5、0.849 90±0.001 47(n=16);海南砗磲样品中208Pb/206Pb、207Pb/206Pb的比值分别为2.116 9±0.004 2、0.864 81±0.001 62(n=9)。进一步考察了南海海洋碳酸盐中204Pb的同位素比值。分析结果表明,南海海洋碳酸盐中稳定铅同位素比值与中国气溶胶、珠江三角洲大气沉降、黄土及南海海底玄武岩等具有很好的相关性。方法适用于复杂基体高钙低铅的海洋碳酸盐样品中铅同位素比值的分析。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定硫化物单矿物中痕量稀土元素

硫化物单矿物基体复杂,在利用电感耦合等离子体质谱仪测定其中稀土元素时,基体效应干扰严重,为准确测定其中的稀土元素,必须对样品进行分离富集。采用硝酸-氢氟酸体系溶解样品,通过Fe(OH)_3共沉淀和阴离子交换树脂(AG1-X8)去除基体元素,利用电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定稀土元素。通过测定两种国家标准物质硫化物单矿物(GBW 07267,GBW07268,GBW07270)中稀土元素来验证该方法,方法检出限为0. 003(Tm)～0. 138(Ce) ng·g~(-1),加标回收率在91%～113%之间。     

阳离子交换树脂分离电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定空气颗粒物中铂族元素

用Dowex AG50W-X8阳离子交换树脂分离空气颗粒物中Pt、Pd、Rh测定的干扰元素Cu、Ga、Hf、Pb、Rb、Sr、Y.模拟标准液实验确定出Dowex AG50W-X8阳离子交换树脂分离流程的最佳条件:上柱HCl浓度为0.8 mol/L,树脂柱床高为4 cm,洗脱速率为1 mL/min.铂族元素分析的国际标准物质BCR-723对照分析表明,Pt、Pd、Rh的测定值与标准值吻合,干扰元素Cu、Ga、Pb、Rb、Sr、Y的分离效率均大于94%,这表明所建立的Dowex AG50W-X8阳离子交换树脂分离流程是可靠的.     

基体分离-高分辨电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定硫化物矿石中的稀土元素和钇

采用Na2O2碱熔,经阳离子交换树脂分离富集,分离掉大量熔剂和基体,HR-ICP-MS上测定铅锌矿中的稀土元素。采用内标法消除基体影响,轻稀土元素采用低分辨率模式测定,重稀土元素采用高分辨率模式测定,有效地消除了测定过程中的基体干扰和轻稀土对重稀土的干扰。方法检出限为0.5~12.1ng/g,RSD在1.0%~4.6%之间。     

激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定地质玻璃中铅同位素组成

将193nm准分子纳秒激光与四级杆电感耦合等离子体质谱联用,测量了国际参照物玻璃中Pb同位素丰度比。通过剥蚀NIST612,USGS和MPI-DING玻璃,探讨了利用激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱直接测定固体样品铅同位素比值的精密度及其适用范围。通过扣除Ar载气中204Hg对204Pb的同量异位素干扰,采用内标法和外标法校正LA-ICP-MS仪器的质量歧视效应,获得的206Pb/204Pb、207Pb/204Pb、208Pb/204Pb同位素比值测量的相对误差小于±1.2%,207Pb/206Pb、208Pb/206Pb同位素比值测定的相对误差小于±0.8%。对比结果表明,采用内标法校正的结果更接近真实值。测定的Pb同位素比值的精密度与样品中Pb含量密切相关,对Pb含量大于40μg/g的样品,同位素比值206Pb/204Pb、207Pb/204Pb、208Pb/204Pb的RSD在1.0%以内,207Pb/206Pb、208Pb/206Pb的RSD在0.5%以内。大气颗粒物样品中Pb含量很高,采用LA-ICP-MS测定Pb同位素比值,能够鉴别污染来源,满足示踪的要求。     

锶特效树脂萃取-色谱耦合热电离同位素质谱法测定海水中锶同位素研究

采用锶特效树脂,以萃取色谱法将锶离子自基体中分离,详细介绍了锶特效树脂萃取原理,进行了实验条件优化。采用HNO3消解海水样品,以HNO3(8.0mol/L)为介质上柱,用HNO3(8.0mol/L)淋洗,样品中的锶离子被强烈吸附在树脂柱上,再以HNO3(0.05mol/L)洗脱,Sr被解吸。收集淋洗液,蒸干,采用热电离同位素质谱仪测定海水样品中的87Sr/86Sr比值。结果表明,利用锶特效树脂,可将锶与基体元素(K,Na,Mg,Ba)分离,并能有效分离同位素测定中干扰元素Ca和Rb。消除了基体干扰,提高了分离效率,达到灵敏测定。     

PAN-S浸渍树脂富集方波溶出法测定痕量的铅、镉、铜和锌

用1-(2-吡啶偶氮)-2-萘酚-6-磺酸(PAN-S)水溶液处理201×7强碱性阴离子交换树脂,制备了具有PAN-S功能团的浸渍树脂。经过最佳条件选择,在同一水样中,可以同时富集Pb2 、Cu2 、Zn2 、Cd2 。实验结果表明,PAN-S树脂用于痕量元素的分离富集具有交换速度快、易于洗脱、富集倍数大、选择性好等优点。建立了PAN-S树脂富集-分离铅、镉、铜和锌离子的方波溶出法的测定方法,并可用于海水中的测定,结果令人满意。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定动物组织中的铅同位素比值

动物组织样品1.000 0g用高氯酸1mL和硝酸10mL经加热消解处理,采用电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定样品溶液中的铅同位素比值。连续6次测定一个动物组织样品,204 Pb/206Pb、207Pb/206Pb和208Pb/206 Pb比值的相对标准偏差分别为0.23%,0.090%,0.14%。测定了20个鸡样品和20个猪样品,结果表明:鸡样品的上述3个比值依次在0.052 1~0.060 2,0.829 4~0.920 4,1.990 3~2.203 7之间;猪样品的上述3个比值依次在0.050 1~0.059 6,0.820 9~0.918 0,1.999 4~2.242 3之间。     

阴离子交换柱分离不同价态砷的研究及其应用

利用醋酸型AG 1-X8阴离子交换树脂和氯化物型AG 1-X8阴离子交换树脂对As(Ⅴ)和As(Ⅲ)吸附的差异,实现As(Ⅲ)和As(Ⅴ)的有效分离。过滤和酸化后的水样流经树脂交换柱(75mm×5.3mm i.d.)时,醋酸型AG 1-X8阴离子交换树脂可吸附As(Ⅴ);而As(Ⅲ)可通过树脂柱。被吸附的As(Ⅴ)用0.12mol/L HCl淋洗出来,在此过程中醋酸型树脂转化为氯化物型树脂。该树脂交换柱可多次循环使用。本方法简单易行,适用于野外现场条件下高砷地下水中As(Ⅲ)和As(Ⅴ)的分离和准确测定;用于检测水铁矿除砷过程中砷价态变化。结果表明,缺氧条件下水铁矿对As(Ⅲ)和As(Ⅴ)的吸附动力学特征遵循假二级反应动力学模式,内扩散不是控制As(Ⅲ)和As(Ⅴ)吸附的因素。随着时间的推移,膜扩散对吸附的控制作用增强。     

利用锶特效树脂分离富集岩石样品中的锶及测定~(87)Sr/~(86)Sr

本研究以Sr-Spec树脂作为分离锶的特效树脂,以HNO3为淋洗液,通过改变HNO3的浓度,将地质岩石样品中的锶分离富集.实验结果表明,Sr与基质元素和Rb能很好地分离.利用Sr-Spec树脂分离国际标准物质SRM607、日本岩石标样JA-2、JB-2、JF-2和国家标准物质GBW04111后, 测得同位素比值87Sr/86Sr结果及误差(2σ)分别为1.200660±22, 0.706350±17, 0.703640±16, 0.709692±22和0.700008±23.相对于常规的阳离子树脂分离方法,此方法所用淋洗试剂量少,分离流程短,可以降低实验空白并提高工作效率.因此,Sr-Spec树脂分离法是快速分离富集不同岩性地质样品的Sr并测定87Sr/86Sr的有效方法.     

Lead isotopic compositions of environmental certified reference materials for an inter-laboratory comparison of lead isotope analysis.

Lead isotope ratios, viz. 207Pb/206Pb and 208Pb/206Pb, of the commercially available certified reference materials (CRMs) issued in Japan are presented with an objective to provide a data set, which will be useful for the quality assurance of analytical procedures, instrumental performance and method validation of the laboratories involved in environmental lead isotope ratio analysis. The analytical method used in the present study was inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry (ICPQMS) preceded by acid digestion and with/without chemical separation of lead from the matrix. The precision of the measurements in terms of the relative standard deviation (RSD) of triplicated analyses was 0.19% and 0.14%, for 207Pb/20Pb and 208Pb/206Pb, respectively. The trueness of lead isotope ratio measurements of the present study was tested with a few CRMs, which have been analyzed by other analytical methods and reported in various literature. The lead isotopic ratios of 18 environmental matrix CRMs (including 6 CRMs analyzed for our method validation) are presented and the distribution of their ratios is briefly discussed.     

ICP-MS测定土壤中铅同位素比值及地域差异性比较

建立用HNO_3-H_2O_2-HF体系微波消解前处理样品,利用电感耦合等离子体质谱测定土壤中铅同住素比值的方法,探讨并优化了影响测试结果的两种干扰因素.该方法中~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb和~(208)Pb/~(206)Pb的短期测量稳定性RSD分别达到0.12%和0.13%,长期测量的偏差分别在0.002和0.01以内,样品测量的最佳范围是10～40μg/L.采用标样-样品交叉法测定了湖南、湖北、云南、贵州、河南、福建、辽宁7个省的48个地区土壤中的铅同位素比值,结合聚类分析和主成分分析比较了各省土壤中同位素分布的差异,初步探讨了利用~(207)Pb/~(206)Pb和~(208)Pb/~(206)Pb比较烟叶产区的可能性.     

High-precision measurements of seawater Pb isotope compositions by double spike thermal ionization mass spectrometry

A new method for the determination of seawater Pb isotope compositions and concentrations was developed, which combines and optimizes previously published protocols for the separation and isotopic analysis of this element. For isotopic analysis, the procedure involves initial separation of Pb from 1 to 2 L of seawater by co-precipitation with Mg hydroxide and further purification by a two stage anion exchange procedure. The Pb isotope measurements are subsequently carried out by thermal ionization mass spectrometry using a ²⁰⁷Pb–²⁰⁴Pb double spike for correction of instrumental mass fractionation. These methods are associated with a total procedural Pb blank of 28 ± 21 pg (1sd) and typical Pb recoveries of 40–60%. The Pb concentrations are determined by isotope dilution (ID) on 50 mL of seawater, using a simplified version of above methods. Analyses of multiple aliquots of six seawater samples yield a reproducibility of about ±1 to ±10% (1sd) for Pb concentrations of between 7 and 50 pmol/kg, where precision was primarily limited by the uncertainty of the blank correction (12 ± 4 pg; 1sd). For the Pb isotope analyses, typical reproducibilities (±2sd) of 700–1500 ppm and 1000–2000 ppm were achieved for ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁶Pb and ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, respectively. These results are superior to literature data that were obtained using plasma source mass spectrometry and they are at least a factor of five more precise for ratios involving the minor ²⁰⁴Pb isotope. Both Pb concentration and isotope data, furthermore, show good agreement with published results for two seawater intercomparison samples of the GEOTRACES program. Finally, the new methods were applied to a seawater depth profile from the eastern South Atlantic. Both Pb contents and isotope compositions display a smooth evolution with depth, and no obvious outliers. Compared to previous Pb isotope data for seawater, the ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios are well correlated with ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb, underlining the significant improvement achieved in the measurement of the minor ²⁰⁴Pb isotope.     

Sampling aerosols for lead isotopes on a global scale

To reliably sample aerosols in a wide range of environments from the polluted to the almost pristine, ultra-clean materials, procedures and laboratory conditions are needed. Also, when multiple samples need to be taken at numerous sites the sampling procedures need to be simple and the equipment inexpensive and easy to operate. A system described here which meets these requirements uses a disposable plastic monitor fitted with an acid-cleaned PTFE 0.45 μm front and a 30–60 μm backing filter connected to a small diaphragm pump. When ion exchange chemistry is required the system gives a Pb blank of 70 pg. Without ion exchange chemistry the blank amounts to 15 pg on a complete filter sectioned into 8-π/4 sectors giving reliable isotopic data on filters containing >400 pg of Pb. The lowest blank on the complete filter, without cutting, is 11±8 pg which permits Pb isotopes from aerosols to be measured on a 120 pg sized sample with acceptable accuracy and precision (0.2% for ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁷Pb and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁷Pb ratios). The factor limiting the quality of measurements below this level is the uncertainty in the blank contribution and not the sensitivity of the thermal ionisation mass spectrometer used here. The analysis of selected filters from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland are used to illustrate the method. Air containing 0.11 ng m⁻³ of Pb yielded isotopic ratios ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁷Pb=1.083±0.003, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁷Pb=2.361±0.003 and ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb=16.9±0.3.     

Evaluation of the combined measurement uncertainty in isotope dilution by MC-ICP-MS

The combination of metrological weighing, the measurement of isotope amount ratios by a multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) and the use of high-purity reference materials are the cornerstones to achieve improved results for the amount content of lead in wine by the reversed isotope dilution technique. Isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) and reversed IDMS have the potential to be a so-called primary method, with which close comparability and well-stated combined measurement uncertainties can be obtained.This work describes the detailed uncertainty budget determination using the ISO-GUM approach. The traces of lead in wine were separated from the matrix by ion exchange chromatography after HNO(3)/H(2)O(2) microwave digestion. The thallium isotope amount ratio ( n((205)Tl)/ n((203)Tl)) was used to correct for mass discrimination using an exponential model approach. The corrected lead isotope amount ratio n((206)Pb)/ n((208)Pb) for the isotopic standard SRM 981 measured in our laboratory was compared with ratio values considered to be the least uncertain. The result has been compared in a so-called pilot study "lead in wine" organised by the CCQM (Comité Consultatif pour la Quantité de Matière, BIPM, Paris; the highest measurement authority for analytical chemical measurements).The result for the lead amount content k(Pb) and the corresponding expanded uncertainty U given by our laboratory was:k(Pb)=1.329 x 10-10mol g-1 (amount content of lead in wine)U[k(Pb)]=1.0 x 10-12mol g-1 (expanded uncertainty U=kxuc, k=2)The uncertainty of the main influence parameter of the combined measurement uncertainty was determined to be the isotope amount ratio R(206,B) of the blend between the enriched spike and the sample.     

Source identification of Pb in aerosols at Jeju-do, Korea by using 207Pb/206Pb and 208Pb/206Pb

Aerosols and source related materials (fly ash from refuse incinerators, vehicle exhaust and soil) were collected in April, 2002 in the northern areas of Jeju-do, Korea, and the Pb isotopic ratios (²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁶Pb) of the samples were measured in order to estimate the Pb sources of the aerosols. The Pb isotopic ratios of the aerosols were classified into two groups, depending on the sampling date. One group showed similar Pb isotopic ratios with those of the source related materials, suggesting that the contribution of the regional sources to the aerosols was very large. The other showed different Pb isotopic ratios from those of the regional sources and relatively high Pb isotopic ratios compared to the ratios of the first group. The results suggest that in the continental Asia there seems to be a long range transport of Pb with high ratios in desert sands, which are carried by northwest seasonal winds. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Isotopic determination of selenium in biological materials with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

A method for the isotopic determination of selenium in biological matrices is described. The method is based on hydride generation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The development is specifically related to the requirements of stable isotope tracer studies in human subjects. The method is based on isotope dilution using 82Se as the in vitro spike and can quantify the 74Se and 77Se contents of samples. It involves wet oxidation (HNO3 - H2O2 or HNO3 - HClO4) of the 82Se-spiked matrix, reduction to selenite by boiling with HCl followed by measurement of the isotope ratios (82Se/77Se and 74Se/77Se) in the gas stream (H2Se) generated from on-line reduction of the sample selenite with NaBH4. Compared with the isotopic signal resulting from a selenite solution containing 5 ng ml-1 of Se, the total sample blank contributions at m/z = 74, 77 and 82 were less than 5% of the respective isotope signal. Worst-case absolute detection limits were 0.2-0.9 ng of Se, depending on the isotope used. Ion beam intensity ratios were measured with an over-all precision [relative standard deviation (RSD)] of 1% for both isotope pairs. Measured ratios (MRa/b) were stable during a given day's operation within the expected precision of the measurements but varied for different days. The magnitude of MRa/b was generally independent of the nature of the matrix. Highly linear relationships were found between ion beam intensity ratios (MRa/b) and the corresponding true isotope ratios for calibration solutions whose isotope ratios had been altered by as much as one order of magnitude.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Determination of lead concentrations and isotope ratios in recent snow samples from high alpine sites with a double focusing ICP-MS

A double focusing ICP-MS, equipped with a Micro Concentric Nebulizer, has been used to determine concentrations and isotopic ratios of lead in recent snow samples (1993–1996) from high alpine sites in Switzerland. Concentrations varied between 0.02 ± 0.002 and 5.5 ± 0.15 ng/g and are slightly lower than concentrations reported by Atteia [1], by Batifol et al. [2], and by Wagenbach et al. [3] for precipitation samples from similar remote sites in Europe. Since concentrations of lead in the fresh snow samples were mainly in the lower pg/g range, the method to determine the isotopic ratios ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁶Pb had to be optimized. They could finally be determined with an average standard error of 0.14% within 12 min and a total sample consumption of 0.8 mL. The average ratios ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁶Pb were 0.875 and 2.117, respectively. These values are comparable to isotopic compositions of lead in aerosols collected in Western Europe [4] and are less radiogenic than predicted by Grousset et al. [5]. Our data indicate that, although lead emissions from traffic have decreased largely during the last 10 years, the contribution from this source in modern snow is still detectable and seems to be equal to the lead input from other anthropogenic sources (e.g. waste incineration, industry).