δ34S measurements on organic materials by continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry
δ34S measurements on organic materials by continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry
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通过连续流同位素比质谱法测量有机材料的 δ34S
DOI:
10.1002/rcm.1939
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发表时间:
2005
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通讯作者:
Stephen W. Taylor
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作者:
Misuk Yun;B. Mayer;Stephen W. Taylor
Sulfur (S) isotope ratios of thoroughly dried organic samples were measured by direct thermal decomposition in an elemental analyzer coupled to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer in continuous flow mode (EA-CF-IRMS). For organic samples of up to 13 mg weight and with total S contents of more than 10 μg, the reproducibility of the δ 3 4 S o r g a n i c values was ′0.4‰ or better. However, the δ 3 4 S values of organic samples measured directly by online EA-CF-IRMS analysis were between 0.3 and 2.9%o higher than those determined on BaSO 4 precipitates produced by Parr Bomb oxidation from the same sample material. Our results suggest that structural oxygen in organic samples influences the oxygen isotope ratios of the SO 2 produced from organic samples. Consequently, SO 2 generated from organic samples appears to have different 1 8 O/ 1 6 O ratios than SO 2 generated from BaSO 4 precipitates and inorganic reference materials, resulting in a deviation from the true δ 3 4 S values because of 3 2 S 1 6 O 1 8 O contributions to mass 66. It was shown that both the amount of structural oxygen in the organic sample, and the difference of the oxygen isotope ratios between organic samples and tank O 2 , influenced the magnitude of the observed deviation from the true δ 3 4 S value after direct EA-CF-IRMS analysis of organic samples. Suggestions are made to correct the difference between measured δ 3 4 S o r g a n i c and true δ 3 4 S values in order to obtain not only reproducible, but also accurate S isotope ratios for organic materials by EA-CF-IRMS.