Rapid bulk rock decomposition by ammonium fluoride (NH4F) in open vessels at an elevated digestion temperature

Chemical Geology

Volumn 355, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-152

  Hu, Zhaochu ^a   Zhang, Wen ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Chen, Haihong ^a   Gaschnig, Richard M ^b   Zong, Keqing ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Gao, Shan ^a   Hu, Shenghong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium fluoride; ICP MS; Open vessels; Rock; Sample digestion

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM FLUORIDE; DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; GEOLOGICAL REFERENCE MATERIAL; HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ICP-MS; OPEN-VESSEL; SAMPLE DIGESTION; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

BOILING POINT; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); DISSOLUTION; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MINERALS; NITRIC ACID; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RECOVERY; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; ROCKS; SILICON; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

FLUORINE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; CHEMICAL BONDING; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; FLUORIDE; HEATING; HIGH PRESSURE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MINERALOGY; SOLUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84882738172     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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