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Kinetic and equilibrium mass-dependent isotope fractionation laws in nature and their geochemical and cosmochemical significance |
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| Authors: | Edward D Young Albert GalyHiroko Nagahara |
| Institution: | 1 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK 3 Geological Institute, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113, Japan |
| Abstract: | The mass-dependent fractionation laws that describe the partitioning of isotopes are different for kinetic and equilibrium reactions. These laws are characterized by the exponent relating the fractionation factors for two isotope ratios such that α2/1 = α3/1β. The exponent β for equilibrium exchange is (1/m1 − 1/m2)/(1/m1 − 1/m3), where mi are the atomic masses and m1 < m2 < m3. For kinetic fractionation, the masses used to evaluate β depend upon the isotopic species in motion. Reduced masses apply for breaking bonds whereas molecular or atomic masses apply for transport processes. In each case the functional form of the kinetic β is ln(M1/M2)/ln(M1/M3), where Mi are the reduced, molecular, or atomic masses. New high-precision Mg isotope ratio data confirm that the distinct equilibrium and kinetic fractionation laws can be resolved for changes in isotope ratios of only 3‰ per amu. The variability in mass-dependent fractionation laws is sufficient to explain the negative Δ17O of tropospheric O2 relative to rocks and differences in Δ17O between carbonate, hydroxyl, and anhydrous silicate in Martian meteorites. (For simplicity, we use integer amu values for masses when evaluating β throughout this paper.) |
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