Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry

A new method of performing optical isotopic analysis of condensed samples in ambient air and at ambient pressure has been developed: Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry (LAMIS). The technique uses radiative transitions from molecular species either directly vaporized from a sample or formed by associative mechanisms of atoms or ions in a laser ablation plume. This method is an advanced modification of a known atomic emission technique called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The new method — LAMIS — can determine not only chemical composition but also isotopic ratios of elements in the sample. Isotopic measurements are enabled by significantly larger isotopic shifts found in molecular spectra relative to atomic spectra. Analysis can be performed from a distance and in real time. No sample preparation or pre-treatment is required. Detection of the isotopes of hydrogen, boron, carbon, and oxygen are discussed to illustrate the technique.     

激光烧蚀-多接收电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定铀颗粒物中铅杂质的同位素比值

为有效获取铀颗粒物中具有取证价值的铅杂质同位素信息,建立了激光烧蚀-多接收电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-MC-ICP-MS)测定铀颗粒物中铅杂质同位素比值的方法.探究了诸多同位素分馏效应校正方法下铅本底对同位素测量的影响,选用的LA-MC-ICP-MS系统的本底对比值测量结果的影响小于0.001(208Pb的信号强度大于2.2× 103 cps),确定采用NIST SRM612为外标校正质量分馏,固定激光束斑直径30μm、脉冲重复率20 Hz、调节能量密度使LA-MC-ICP-MS分析NIST SRM612和铀颗粒物样品所得208Pb分别小于1.5×105 cps和3×104 cps,标准物质CRM124-4样品中206Pb/208Pb、206Pb/207Pb和207Pb/208Pb比值测量结果的相对实验标准不确定度小于0.48％、0.68％和0.40％.实际样品分析结果表明,本方法可有效区分铀颗粒物中的铅同位素比值差异,有助于鉴别其来源.     

激光剥蚀多接收杯电感耦合等离子体质谱仪原位分析硫化物铅同位素组成

采用193 nm准分子激光与MC-ICP-MS质谱仪探讨了原位微区分析过程中物质基体效应对铅同位素测定的影响,指出选择基体匹配标准物质对测定硫化物铅同位素具有重要意义.通过模拟计算发现准确测定Tl与Hg的分馏因子关系,可以在204Hg/204 Pb＜2的范围内有效校对204Hg对204 Pb的干扰.研究表明,束斑直径(24～160μm)和剥蚀频率(2～20 Hz)并不影响铅同位素组成测试.改变激光剥蚀参数可以解决MC-ICP-MS信号检测范围较窄的问题.针对目前硫化物固体标准物质缺乏的现状,采用压片法和快速熔融法制备硫化物标准物质.压片样品铅同位素组成表现出较好的均一性,而不同批次快速熔融法样品存在铅同位素分馏,仅单次制造的熔融样品内部铅同位素组成具有均匀性.结果表明,虽然快速熔融法还存在一定缺陷,但这两种方法都有望成为硫化物标准样品制作方法的备选方案.利用本方法对天然硫化物样品(黄铁矿和闪锌矿)及人工合成硫化物样品的铅同位素组成进行了准确测定,测定值与溶液值在误差范围内一致.     

激光溅射金属等离子体与醇类分子束反应的研究：产物离子对分子束状态的依赖性

The gas phase reactions of metal plasma with alcohol clusters were studied by time of flight mass spectrometry （TOFMS） using laser ablation-molecular beam （LAMB） method. The significant dependence of the product cluster ions on the molecular beam conditions was observed. When the plasma acted on the low density parts of the pulsed molecular beam, the metal-alcohol complexes M^＋An （M=Cu, Al, Mg, Ni and A=C2H5OH, CH3OH） were the dominant products, and the sizes of product ion clusters were smaller. While the plasma acted on the high density part of the beam, however, the main products turned to be protonated alcohol clusters H^＋An and, as the reactions of plasma with methanol were concerned, the protonated water-methanol complexes H3O^＋（CH3OH）n with a larger size （n≤12 for ethanol and n≤24 for methanol）. Similarly, as the pressure of the carrier helium gas was varied from 1 × 10^5 to 5 × 10^5 Pa, the main products were changed from M^＋An to H^＋An and the sizes of the clusters also increased. The changes in the product clusters were attributed to the different formation mechanism of the output ions, that is, the M^＋An ions came from the reaction of metal ion with alcohol clusters, while H^＋An mainly from collisional reaction of electron with alcohol clusters.