A two-step method for purifying antimony (Sb) from geological samples for accurate measurement of Sb isotopic composition using multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) was developed. Sb was separated from the matrix using two successive chromatographic columns loaded with AG 1-X4 and AG 50W-X8 resin, respectively. The separation method was calibrated using geological samples by assessing the extraction yield and the reproducibility of the measured isotopic composition, and resulted in a relatively low procedure blank and better recovery (98.7% +/- 5.6%,n= 8, 2SD) compared to previous studies. The validation of the whole protocol, together with instrumental analysis, was confirmed by the investigation of the matrix effect and the result of a standard addition experiment. A combined sample-standard bracketing and external normalization (SSB-EN) method using cadmium (Cd) as an internal element was used for mass bias correction, which gave a reproducibility better than 0.04 parts per thousand (2SD). A variation of 0.29 parts per thousand of the delta Sb-123 value (relative to the NIST SRM 3102a standard) was observed in artificial and geological samples, implying the potential application of Sb isotopes in various environments.
Publication name |
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY Volume: 35 Issue: 7 Pages: 1360-1367 DOI: 10.1039/d0ja00136h Published: JUL 1 2020 |
Author(s) |
Liu, Jianfeng; Chen, Jiubin; Zhang, Ting; Wang, Yina; Yuan, Wei; Lang, Yunchao; Tu, Chenglong; Liu, Liangzhi; Birck, Jean-Louis |
Corresponding author(s) |
CHEN Jiubin jbchen@tju.edu.cn Tianjin Univ, Inst Surface Earth Syst Sci, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China. |
Author(s) from IGCAS |
LIU Jianfeng | View here for the details
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