Separation of high field strength elements (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf) and Lu from rock samples for MC-ICPMS measurements

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2001, Pages

  Münker, Carsten ^a   Weyer, Stefan ^a   Scherer, Erik ^a   Mezger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

hafnium; Ln Spec; niobium; Separation; tantalum; zirconium

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; ISOTOPES; LUTETIUM; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PURIFICATION; RESINS; ROCKS; SEPARATION; SPECTROMETRY; TANTALUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; ION-EXCHANGE COLUMNS; ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS; LN SPECS; PURIFICATION PROCEDURES; REFERENCE MATERIAL; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84955206671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000183     Document Type: Review

References (58)

1. Barovich, K. M., B. L. Beard, J. B. Cappel, C. M. Johnson, T. Kurtis Kyser, and, B. E. Morgan, (1995), A chemical method for hafnium separation from high-Ti whole rock and zircon samples, Chem. Geol., 121, 303-308.
2. Benedict, J. T., W. C. Schumb, and, C. D. Coryell, (1954), Distribution of zirconium and hafnium between cation exchange resin and acid solutions: The column separation with nitric acid-citric acid mixture, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 76, 2036-2040.
3. Blichert-Toft, J., (2001), On the Lu-Hf isotope geochemistry of silicate rocks, Geostand. Newsl., 25 (1), 41-56.
4. Blichert-Toft, J., and, F. Albarède, (1997), The Lu-Hf isotope geochemistry of chondrites and the evolution of the mantle-crust system, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 148, 243-258.
5. Blichert-Toft, J., and, N. T. Arndt, (1999), Hf isotope composition of komatiites, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 171, 439-451.
6. Blichert-Toft, J., C. Chauvel, and, F. Albarède, (1997), Separation of Hf and Lu for high-precision isotope analysis of rock samples by magnetic sector-multiple collector ICP-MS, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 127, 248-260.
7. Blichert-Toft, J., F. A. Frey, and, F. Albarède, (1999), Hf isotope evidence for pelagic sediments in the source of Hawaiian basalts, Science, 285, 879-882.
8. Braun, T., and, G. Ghershini, (1975), 133 pp., Elsevier, New York.
9. Danielson, L., (1965), Adsorption of a number of elements from sulphuric acid solutions by anion exchange, Acta Chem. Scand., 19, 670-678.
10. 177Hf ratios by mass spectrometry (ID-TIMS/ID-MC-ICP-MS), Chem. Geol., 157, 1-12.
11. de Bièvre, P., and, P. D. P. Taylor, (1993), Table of the isotopic composition of the elements, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 123, 149-166.
12. Eggins, S. M., J. D. Woodhead, L. P. J. Kinsley, G. E. Mortimer, P. Sylvester, M. T. McCulloch, J. M. Hergt, and, M. R. Handler, (1997), A simple method for the precise determination of >40 trace elements in geological samples by ICPMS using enriched isotope internal standardization, Chem. Geol., 134, 311-326.
13. Faris, J. P., (1960), Adsorption of the elements from hydrofluoric acid by anion exchange, Anal. Chem., 32, 520-522.
14. Gruau, G., J. Cornichet, and, M. Le Coz-Bouhnik, (1988), Improved determination of Lu/Hf ratio by chemical separation of Lu from Yb, Chem. Geol., 72, 353-356.
15. Hague, J. L., and, L. Machlan, (1961), Separation of hafnium from zirconium by anion exchange, J. Res. Nat. Bur. Stand. U.S., Sect. A, 65A, 75-77.
16. Halliday, A. N., J. C. Christensen, D. C. Lee, M. Rehkämper, C. M. Hall, and, X. Luo, (2000), Multiple collector ICPMS, in Inorganic Mass Spectrometry: Fundamentals and Applications, edited by, C. B. Barshik, D. C. Duckworth, and, D. H. Smith, Marcel Dekker, New York.
17. 92Mo, Astrophys. J., 466, 437-456.
18. Hirata, T., (2001), Determinations of Zr isotopic composition and U-Pb ages for terrestrial and extraterrestrial Zr-bearing minerals using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: Implications for Nb-Zr isotopic systematics, Chem. Geol., 176, 323-342.
19. Huff, E. A., (1964), Anion exchange study of a number of elements in nitric-hydrofluoric acid mixtures, Anal. Chem., 36, 1921-1923.
20. Jochum, K. P., A. W. Hofmann, and, A. J. Stolz, (1996), Eos Trans. AGU, 77 (46), Fall Meet. Suppl., F785.
21. Kim, J. I., H. Lagally, and, H.-J. Born, (1973), Ion exchange in aqueous and in aqueous-organic solvents. Part I. Anion exchange behavior of Zr, Nb, Ta and Pa in aqueous HCl-HF and in HCl-HF-organic solvent, Anal. Chim. Acta, 64, 29-43.
22. Kleinhanns, I., K. Kreissig, T. F. Nägler, B. S. Kamber, T. Meisel, and, J. D. Kramers, (2000), Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48), Fall. Meet. Suppl., F1362.
23. Korkisch, J., (1989), 288 pp., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla.
24. Lahiri, S., D. Nayak, M. Nandy, and, N. R. Das, (1998), Separation of carrier free Lutetium produced in proton activated Ytterbium with HDEHP, Appl. Rad. Isotope, 49, 911-913.
25. Lee, D. C., and, A. N. Halliday, (1995), Precise determinations of the isotopic compositions and atomic weights of molybdenum, tellurium, tin and tungsten using ICP magnetic sector multiple collector mass spectrometry, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 146/147, 35-46.
26. Le Fèvre, B., and, C. Pin, (2001), An extraction chromatography method for Hf separation prior to isotopic analysis using multiple collection ICP-mass spectrometry, Anal. Chem., 73, 2453-2460.
27. 92Nb, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 46, 565-573.
28. Münker, C., (1998), Nb/Ta fractionation in a Cambrian arc/back arc system, New Zealand: Source constraints and application of refined ICPMS techniques, Chem. Geol., 144, 23-45.
29. 92Zr and the early differentiation history of planetary bodies, Science, 289, 1538-1542.
30. Nelson, F., R. M. Rush, and, K. A. Kraus, (1960), Anion-exchange studies, XXVII, Adsorbability of a number of elements in HCl-HF solutions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 82, 339-348.
31. g, Phys. Rev. C Nucl. Phys., 17C, 1409-1413.
32. Niu, Y., and, R. Batiza, (1997), Trace element evidence from seamounts for recycled oceanic crust in the Eastern Pacific mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 148, 471-483.
33. Nomura, M., K. Kogure, and, M. Okamoto, (1983), Isotopic abundance ratios and atomic weight of zirconium, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 50, 219-227.
34. Nowell, G. M., P. D. Kempton, S. R. Noble, J. G. Fitton, A. D. Saunders, J. J. Mahoney, and, R. N. Taylor, (1998), High precision Hf isotope measurements of MORB and OIB by thermal ionization mass spectrometry: Insights into the depleted mantle, Chem. Geol., 149, 211-233.
35. Patchett, P. J., (1983 a), Importance of the Lu-Hf isotopic system in studies of planetary chronology and chemical evolution, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 47, 81-91.
36. Patchett, P. J., (1983 b), Hafnium isotope results from mid-ocean ridges and Kerguelen, Lithos, 16, 47-51.
37. Patchett, P. J., and, M. Tatsumoto, (1980), A routine high-precision method for Lu-Hf isotope geochemistry and chronology, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 75, 263-267.
38. Plank, T., and, W. M. White, (1995), Eos Trans. AGU, 76 (46), Fall Meet. Suppl., F655.
39. Rehkämper, M., M. Schönbächler, and, C. H. Stirling, (2001), Multiple Collector ICP-MS: Introduction to instrumentation, measurement techniques and analytical capabilities, Geostand. Newsl., 25 (1), 23-40.
40. Reid, J., I. Horn, H. Longerich, L. Forsythe, and, G. A. Jenner, (1999), Determination of Zr and Hf in a flux-free fusion of whole rock samples using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) with isotope dilution calibration, Geostand. Newsl., 23 (2), 149-155.
41. 144Nd, a natural tracer: An application to oceanic basalts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 31, 269-278.
42. Sahoo, S. K., and, A. Masuda, (1997), Precise measurement of zirconium isotopes by thermal ionization mass spectrometry, Chem. Geol., 141, 117-126.
43. 177Hf determination in small samples by high-temperature SIMS technique, Anal. Chem., 66, 4186-4189.
44. Salters, V. J. M., and, S. R. Hart, (1991), The mantle sources of ocean ridges, islands and arcs: The Hf isotope connection, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 104, 364-380.
45. 92Nb in the early solar system, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 184, 75-81.
46. Scherer, E. E., B. L. Beard, K. M. Barovich, C. M. Johnson, and, L. A. Taylor, (1995), An improved method for determining the Hf isotopic composition of lunar basalts, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., 26th, 1235-1236.
47. Scherer, E., C. Münker, M. Rehkämper, and, K. Mezger, (1999), Eos Trans. AGU, 80 (46), Fall Meet. Suppl., F1118.
48. Scherer, E. E., K. L. Cameron, and, J. Blichert-Toft, (2000), Lu-Hf garnet geochronology: Closure temperature relative to the Sm-Nd system and the effects of trace mineral inclusions, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 64, 3413-3432.
49. Scherer, E. E., C. Münker, and, K. Mezger, (2001), Calibration of the Lu-Hf Clock, Science, 293, 683-687.
50. Stolz, A. J., K. P. Jochum, B. Spettel, and, A. W. Hofmann, (1996), Fluid and melt-related enrichment in the subarc mantle: evidence from Nb/Ta variations in island arc basalts, Geology, 24, 587-590.
51. Strelow, F. W. E., and, C. J. C. Bothma, (1967), Anion exchange and a selectivity scale for elements in sulfuric acid media with a strongly basic resin, Anal. Chem., 39, 595-599.
52. van den Winkel, P., F. de Corte, and, J. Hoste, (1971), Anion exchange in acetic acid solutions, Anal. Chim. Acta, 56, 241-259.
53. Vin, Y. Y., and, S. M. Khopkar, (1991), Separation of niobium and tantalum by extraction chromatography with bis (2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid, Talanta, 38, 971-975.
54. Weyer, S., C. Münker, M. Rehkämper, and, K. Mezger, (2001), Chem. Geol., in press.
55. Wish, L., (1959), Quantitative radiochemical analysis by ion exchange: Anion exchange behavior in mixed acid solutions and development of a sequential separation scheme, Anal. Chem., 31, 326-330.
56. Xie, Q., and, R. Kerrich, (1995), Application of isotope dilution for precise measurement of Zr and Hf in low-abundance samples and international reference materials by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: Implications for Zr (Hf) fractionations in komatiites, Chem. Geol., 123, 17-27.
57. Yang, X. J., and, C. Pin, (1999), Separation of hafnium and zirconium from Ti- and Fe-rich geological materials by extraction chromatography, Anal. Chem., 71, 1706-1711.
58. 92Zr p-process chronometer, Astrophys. J., 535, L49-L53.