Accurate Determination of Sr Isotopic Compositions in Clinopyroxene and Silicate Glasses by LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS |
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| Authors: | Xirun Tong Yongsheng Liu Zhaochu Hu Haihong Chen Lian Zhou Qinghai Hu Rong Xu Lixu Deng Chunfei Chen Lu Yang Shan Gao |
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| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China;2. Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Wuhan, China;3. Measurement Science and Standards, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The low‐Sr content (generally < 100 μg g?1) in clinopyroxene from peridotite makes accurate Sr isotopic determination by LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS a challenge. The effects of adding N2 to the sample gas and using a guard electrode (GE) on instrumental sensitivity for Sr isotopic determination by LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS were investigated. Results revealed no significant sensitivity enhancement of Sr by adding N2 to the ICP. Although using a GE led to a two‐fold sensitivity enhancement, it significantly increased the yield of polyatomic ion interferences of Ca‐related ions and TiAr+ on Sr isotopes. Applying the method established in this work, 87Sr/86Sr ratios (Rb/Sr < 0.14) of natural clinopyroxene from mantle and silicate glasses were accurately measured with similar measurement repeatability (0.0009–0.00006, 2SE) to previous studies but using a smaller spot size of 120 μm and low‐to‐moderate Sr content (30–518 μg g?1). The measurement reproducibility was 0.0004 (2s, n = 33) for a sample with 100 μg g?1 Sr. Destruction of the crystal structure by sample fusion showed no effect on Sr isotopic determination. Synthesised glasses with major element compositions similar to natural clinopyroxene have the potential to be adopted as reference materials for Sr isotopic determination by LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS. |
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| Keywords: | clinopyroxene silicate glasses Sr isotope determination LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS isobaric interference corrections clinopyroxé ne verres silicaté s dé termination des isotopes du Sr
LA‐MC‐ICP‐MS
corrections des perturbations isobares |
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