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Accurate Isotopic and Concentration Analyses of Small Amounts of Pb Using Isotope Dilution Coupled with the Double Spike Technique
Author(s) -
Kuritani Takeshi,
Usui Tomohiro,
Yokoyama Tetsuya,
Nakamura Eizo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
geostandards and geoanalytical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.037
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1751-908X
pISSN - 1639-4488
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-908x.2006.tb01063.x
Subject(s) - isotope dilution , isotope , chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , mass spectrometry , thermal ionization mass spectrometry , dilution , chemical composition , thermal ionization , environmental chemistry , chromatography , ionization , electron ionization , ion , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
A new method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of Pb abundance and Pb isotopic composition with high precision and accuracy for small test portion masses by thermal ionisation mass spectrometry. In this method, a 205 pb‐ 204 pb double spike is added to samples prior to the chemical separation of Pb, and the isotopic composition of the spike‐sample mixture is determined rigorously by the double spike technique using a 207 Pb‐ 204 Pb spike. The isotopic composition and concentration of Pb in the sample are then obtained by utilising the principle of isotope dilution. Using this technique, replicate determinations of Pb from NIST SRM 981 and GSJ JP‐1 (peridotite; 0.07 μg g −1 Pb) were performed. The measured concentration and isotopic data were identical, within uncertainty, to published data or to data that were determined independently in this study. The application of this method to U‐Pb dating and the determination of the “initial” Pb isotopic composition was also tested. Lead isotopic compositions and the concentrations of Pb, Th and U were determined for a single batch of samples, through the addition of 205 pb‐ 204 pb, 230 Th and 235 U spikes to samples prior to chemical separation. Also in these experiments, we confirmed that this routine gives accurate data for Pb, Th and U concentrations and Pb isotopic compositions.