地质样品Sr同位素LA-MC-ICP-MS分析方法研究

Method Development for LA-MC-ICP-MS Analysis of Sr Isotopes in Geological Samples

  • 摘要: Sr同位素是示踪成岩成矿作用和物质来源等地质问题的重要地球化学指标。传统整体分析空间分辨率有限,难以揭示矿物内部精细的同位素组成变化,而激光原位测试虽然具有高空间分辨率的优势,但是存在多种同质异位素干扰(Kr、REE2+、Rb和Ca聚合物)且干扰校正复杂。为此,本文依托Nu Plasma Ⅱ型多接收电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(MC-ICP-MS)与激光器(LA)联用的测试平台,开展磷灰石、碳酸盐和硅酸岩样品的Sr同位素原位分析方法研究。首先采用溶液进样MC-ICP-MS测试添加了干扰元素的Sr同位素标准溶液,结果表明Kr与REE2+干扰可通过数学校正得到有效扣除,校正后获得的Sr同位素比值与参考值在误差范围内一致;Ca聚合物的干扰对Sr同位素的影响可忽略,在未扣除该干扰的前提下,测试结果仍在参考值误差范围内;87Rb为主要的干扰来源,样品Rb/Sr < 0.1是保证测试准确度的关键条件。同时,针对激光器工作参数进行优化,获得最佳激光参数为:能量密度8 ~ 12 J/cm2,频率10 ~ 12 Hz,束斑90 ~ 120 μm。采用建立的LA-MC-ICP-MS原位分析方法对磷灰石(Durango、MAD和Otterlake)与碳酸盐(TARIM和JCt-NP)标准物质Sr同位素组成进行分析,87Sr/86Sr测定值分别为0.70635 ± 18 (2SD,n = 35)、0.71187 ± 7 (2SD,n = 36)、0.70426 ± 10 (2SD,n = 30)、0.71043 ± 6 (2SD,n = 20)和0.70916 ± 3 (2SD,n = 11),均与参考值在误差范围内一致,分析精度优于0.25‰ (2SD),能够满足磷灰石和碳酸盐样品微区Sr同位素高精度原位测试需求。然而,对低Sr含量硅酸岩样品的测试准确度较差。本方法适用于分析Sr含量大于400 μg/g的样品。

     

    Abstract: Strontium (Sr) isotopes are important geochemical tracers for investigating geological processes such as diagenesis, mineralization, and the sources of geological materials. Conventional bulk analytical methods have limited spatial resolution, making it difficult to resolve fine-scale isotopic variations within individual minerals. Although laser ablation (LA) in situ analysis provides high spatial resolution, it is challenged by multiple isobaric and polyatomic interferences (including Kr, REE2+, Rb, and Ca-related polyatomic species) as well as the complexity of interference correction. Therefore, this study established an in situ Sr isotope analytical method based on a laser ablation system coupled with a Nu Plasma Ⅱ multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (LA-MC-ICP-MS) and applied it to apatite, carbonate, and silicate samples. First, Sr isotope standard solutions doped with interfering elements were analyzed using solution nebulization MC-ICP-MS, and real-time simultaneous correction of Sr isotopes and interfering ion signals was performed. The interference evaluation demonstrated that Kr and REE2+ interferences could be effectively removed through mathematical correction, yielding corrected Sr isotope ratios consistent with the reference values within analytical uncertainty. The influence of Ca-related polyatomic interferences on Sr isotope measurements was found to be negligible, and the obtained isotope ratios remained within the uncertainty of the reference values even without correcting for these interferences. In contrast, 87Rb was identified as the dominant source of interference, and maintaining a Rb/Sr ratio below 0.1 is critical for achieving high analytical accuracy. In addition, the laser operating conditions were optimized, and the optimal parameters were determined to be an energy density of 8–12 J/cm2, a repetition rate of 10–12 Hz, and a spot size of 90–120 μm. The established LA-MC-ICP-MS method was subsequently applied to determine the Sr isotope compositions of apatite reference materials (Durango, MAD, and OtterLake) and carbonate reference materials (TARIM and JCt-NP). The measured 87Sr/86Sr ratios were 0.70635 ± 18 (2SD, n = 35), 0.71187 ± 7 (2SD, n = 36), 0.70426 ± 10 (2SD, n = 30), 0.71043 ± 6 (2SD, n = 20), and 0.70916 ± 3 (2SD, n = 11), respectively, all of which agree with the published values within analytical uncertainty. The analytical precision was better than 0.25‰ (2SD), demonstrating that the proposed method is capable of high-precision in situ Sr isotope analysis of apatite and carbonate samples at the microscale. However, the method exhibited relatively poor analytical accuracy for silicate samples with low Sr contents. Therefore, the present method is applicable to samples with Sr concentrations greater than 400 μg/g.

     

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