A new digestion and chemical separation technique for rapid and highly reproducible determination of Lu/Hf and Hf isotope ratios in geological materials by MC-ICP-MS
A new digestion and chemical separation technique for rapid and highly reproducible determination of Lu/Hf and Hf isotope ratios in geological materials by MC-ICP-MS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1751-908x.2003.tb00641.x
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2003-01-01
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Ulfbeck, D
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Bizzarro, M;Baker, JA;Ulfbeck, D
A new digestion procedure and chemical separation technique has been developed for measurement of Lu/Hf and Hf isotope ratios that does not require high-pressure bombs or use of HF or HClO4 acids. Samples are digested in dilute HCl or HNO3 after flux-fusion at 1100 degreesC in the presence of lithium metaborate. High field strength elements (HFSE) and rare earth elements (REE) are separated from this solution by co-precipitation with iron hydroxide. The dissolved precipitate (in 2 mol l(-1) HCl) is loaded directly onto a standard cation exchange column which separates remaining sample matrix from the heavy REE (Lu+Yb), and the middle-light REE and HFSE (Hf). The middle-light REE and individual HFSE are then separated (10.5, 9 and 6 mol l(-1) HCl) using a miniaturized column containing TEVA spec resin which provides a REE-, Ti- and Zr-free Hf cut. This chemical separation scheme can also be readily adapted for isotopic analysis of the Sm-Nd system and/or the other HFSE (Ti, Zr). Total procedural blanks for this technique are