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Determination of Beryllium and Zirconium In 45 Geochemical Reference Samples By Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry
Author(s) -
WATKINS P.J.,
THOMPSON Michael
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
geostandards newsletter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1751-908X
pISSN - 0150-5505
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-908x.1983.tb00381.x
Subject(s) - beryllium , zirconium , yttrium , inductively coupled plasma , inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry , nitric acid , vanadium , chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy , lithium (medication) , sample preparation , radiochemistry , materials science , mass spectrometry , inorganic chemistry , metallurgy , plasma , chromatography , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , oxide , medicine , endocrinology
The beryllium and zirconium contents of 45 geochemical reference samples have been determined by inductively coupled plasma after fusion of the samples with lithium metaborate and dissolution of the melt in dilute nitric acid. The method described here is rapid and sample preparation straightforward. Good agreement is shown with previously published results for these two elements. A correction has to be made for an interference due to vanadium in determining the beryllium content, and there is a slight interference due to yttrium in the determination of zirconium. The detection limit for beryllium is about 0.2 μg g ‐1 and for zirconium about 15 μg g ‐1 in the sample.