方法描述:
23.1 LA-MC-ICP-MS微區(qū)原位Nd同位素比值測(cè)試
微區(qū)原位Nd同位素比值測(cè)試在武漢上譜分析科技有限責(zé)任公司利用激光剝蝕多接收杯電感耦合等離子體質(zhì)譜(LA-MC-ICP-MS)完成。激光剝蝕系統(tǒng)為Geolas HD(Coherent,德國(guó)),MC-ICP-MS為Neptune Plus(Thermo Fisher Scientific,德國(guó))。激光剝蝕系統(tǒng)使用氦氣作為載氣。少量的氮?dú)獗患尤氲絀CP以提高Nd同位素的測(cè)試信號(hào)(Xu et al. 2015)。分析采用單點(diǎn)模式,激光的束斑大小和剝蝕頻率根據(jù)樣品的Nd信號(hào)強(qiáng)度調(diào)節(jié),一般為32-90 μm和4-10 Hz。激光能量密度固定在~8.0 J/cm2。分析過程配備了信號(hào)平滑裝置,可以提高信號(hào)穩(wěn)定性和同位素比值測(cè)試精密度(Hu et al. 2015)。質(zhì)譜儀Neptune Plus配備9個(gè)法拉第杯,可同時(shí)靜態(tài)接收142Nd, 143Nd, 144Nd, 145Nd, 146Nd, 147Sm, 148Nd和149Sm信號(hào)。143Nd/144Nd同位素儀器質(zhì)量分餾校正通過指數(shù)法則校正,校正因子利用146Nd/144Nd = 0.7219估算獲得。144Sm對(duì)144Nd的干擾校正通過監(jiān)控149Sm的信號(hào),并選擇144Sm/149Sm = 0.2301。144Sm/149Sm的儀器質(zhì)量分餾校正通過歸一化到無干擾的147Sm/149Sm,并選擇147Sm/149Sm = 1.08680。詳細(xì)的分析方法校正描述請(qǐng)參考(Xu et al. 2015)。全部分析數(shù)據(jù)采用專業(yè)同位素?cái)?shù)據(jù)處理軟件“Iso-Compass”進(jìn)行數(shù)據(jù)處理(Zhang et al., 2020)。兩個(gè)天然磷灰石標(biāo)樣,Durango和MAD作為未知樣品監(jiān)控微區(qū)原位磷灰石Nd同位素校正方法的可靠性。Durango和MAD的化學(xué)組成和Nd同位素組成參見Xu et al.(2015)。
兩個(gè)天然榍石標(biāo)樣,MKED1和SP-Ttn-01作為未知樣品監(jiān)控微區(qū)原位榍石Nd同位素校正方法的可靠性。MKED1的化學(xué)組成和Nd同位素組成參見Spandler et al.(2016)。
一個(gè)天然獨(dú)居石標(biāo)樣GBW44069和一個(gè)天然榍石標(biāo)樣MKED1作為未知樣品監(jiān)控微區(qū)原位獨(dú)居石Nd同位素校正方法的可靠性。GBW4409的化學(xué)組成和Nd同位素組成參見Xu et al.(2015)。
23.2 In-situ Nd isotope analysis by LA-MC-ICP-MS
In situ Nd isotope analysis was performed on a Neptune Plus MC-ICP-MS (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bremen, Germany) equipped with a Geolas HD excimer ArF laser ablation system (Coherent, Göttingen, Germany) at the Wuhan Sample Solution Analytical Technology Co., Ltd, Hubei, China. In the laser ablation system, helium was used as the carrier gas within the ablation cell and was merged with argon (makeup gas) after the ablation cell. Small amounts of nitrogen were added to the argon makeup gas flow for the improvement of sensitivity of Nd isotopes (Xu et al. 2015). The spot diameter ranged from 32 to 90 μm dependent on Nd signal intensity. The pulse frequency was from 4 to 10 Hz, but the laser fluence was kept constant at ~8 J/cm2. A new signal-smoothing device was used downstream from the sample cell to efficiently eliminate the short-term variation of the signal and remove the mercury from the background and sample aerosol particles (Hu et al. 2015). The Neptune Plus was equipped with nine Faraday cups fitted with 1011Ω resistors. Isotopes 142Nd, 143Nd, 144Nd, 145Nd, 146Nd, 147Sm, 148Nd and 149Sm were collected in Faraday cups using static mode. The mass discrimination factor for 143Nd/144Nd was determined using 146Nd/144Nd (0.7219) with the exponential law. The 149Sm signal was used to correct the remaining 144Sm interference on 144Nd, using the 144Sm/149Sm ratio of 0.2301. The mass fractionation of 147Sm/149Sm was corrected by the 147Sm/149Sm normalization, using the 147Sm/149Sm ratio of 1.08680 and exponential law. All data reduction for the MC-ICP-MS analysis of Nd isotope ratios was conducted using “Iso-Compass” software (Zhang et al. 2020).Two natural apatite megacrysts, Durango and MAD, were used as the unknown samples to verify the accuracy of the calibration method for in situ Nd isotope analysis of apatites. The chemical and Nd isotopic compositions of Durango and MAD have been reported by Xu et al. (2015).
Two natural titanite megacrysts, MKED1 and SP-Ttn-01, were used as the unknown samples to verify the accuracy of the calibration method for in situ Nd isotope analysis of titanite. The chemical and Nd isotopic compositions of MKED1 have been reported by Spandler et al.(2016).
One natural monazite megacrysts GBW44069 and another natural titanite megacrysts MKED1 were used as the unknown samples to verify the accuracy of the calibration method for in situ Nd isotope analysis of monazite. The chemical and Nd isotopic compositions of GBW44069 have been reported by Xu et al. (2015).
References
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