A LA-ICP-MS sulphide calibration standard based on a chalcogenide glass

Ding, L., Yang, G., Xia, F.ORCID: 0000-0002-4950-3640, Lenehan, C.E., Qian, G., McFadden, A., Brugger, J.L., Zhang, X., Chen, G. and Pring, A. (2011) A LA-ICP-MS sulphide calibration standard based on a chalcogenide glass. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (2). pp. 279-287.

Abstract

The accurate measurement of trace element concentrations in natural sulphides by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) has been limited by the lack of matrix-matched calibration standards. The synthesis of a standard, IMER-1, by incorporating four minor and 34 trace elements into a chalcogenide glass matrix Ge28Sb12S60 is reported here. Chemical analysis by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), LA-ICP-MS, solution ICP-MS, and inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) confirmed the excellent homogeneity of major elements (1-σ relative standard deviation (RSD) <1% for S, Sb and Ge) and acceptable homogeneity of most trace elements (1-σ RSD <10%). The standard was validated by analysing trace-elements concentrations in three geological pyrite specimens using IMER-1 as the calibration standard and comparing the results to previously reported values also determined by LA-ICP-MS but using a different calibration standard, STDGL2b-2. The results suggest that IMER-1 may be an appropriate calibration standard for LA-ICP-MS analysis of trace elements in natural sulphides.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publisher:	Mineralogical Society
Copyright:	© 2011 The Mineralogical Society
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/30454

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