RAPID UNSEPARATED RARE EARTH ELEMENT ANALYSES BY ISOTOPE DILUTION MULTICOLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED MASS SPECTROMETRY (ID-MC-ICP-MS)

Shen, Steve D.; Krogstad, Eirik J.; Conte, Elise R.; Brown, Christopher F.

doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2021.116726

RAPID UNSEPARATED RARE EARTH ELEMENT ANALYSES BY ISOTOPE DILUTION MULTICOLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED MASS SPECTROMETRY (ID-MC-ICP-MS)

Journal Article · 03 January 2022 · International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2021.116726· OSTI ID:1829687

Shen, Steve D. ^[1]; Krogstad, Eirik J. ^[1]; Conte, Elise R. ^[1]; Brown, Christopher F. ^[1]

BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)

We present a method for analyzing rare earth elements (REEs) by isotope dilution without separation of individual elements. Utilizing a Nu Plasma 2 multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) equipped with an Aridus II desolvation nebulizer, sample introduction tuning parameters (torch position, gas flows) were investigated and used to minimize oxide formation (e.g., NdO/Nd <0.05%) and remove the need to analyze the REEs as separated “cuts.” Ratios for spike/sample isotopes in mixed synthetic standards containing varying amounts of Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Er, and Yb were measured accurately within 1% of IUPAC values. La and Lu in the standards were more than 2% off from expected values due to more demanding interference corrections. A USGS BCR-2 rock standard was also processed with flux fusion, iron coprecipitation and a single column pass bulk separation followed by analysis. The concentrations for Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Dy, Er, and Yb fell within 2% of consensus values. A United States Geological Survey (USGS) BIR-1A rock standard was also processed in triplicate by hydrofluoric and nitric acid digestion, yielding rare earth concentrations within 3% of consensus values with 0.3% relative standard deviation (n=3). This demonstrates the ability to produce high quality REE patterns of comparable quality to traditional methods involving labor and time intensive REE separation, with sample preparation and analytical times that are comparable to analyses against isotope dilution by single-collector ICP-MS.

Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1829687

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-161005

Journal Information:: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 471

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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