Reassessment of hydrofluoric acid desilicification in the carius tube digestion technique for Re-Os isotopic determination in geological samples

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-30

  Li, Jie ^a   Zhao, Pei Pei ^a,b   Liu, Jingao ^c   Wang, Xuan Ce ^d   Yang, Alexandra Yang ^a   Wang, Gui Qing ^a   Xu, Ji Feng ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carius tube digestion; Desilicification; Extraction efficiency; Re Os isotopes; Sample heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GEOLOGY; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; ISOTOPES; OSMIUM; SILICATES; TRANSPORTATION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AQUA-REGIA SOLUTION; CARIUS TUBE DIGESTION; DESILICIFICATION; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; GEOLOGICAL REFERENCE MATERIAL; ISOTOPIC DETERMINATIONS; MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; RE-OS ISOTOPES;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 84961358756     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2014.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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