Hai-Ou Gu, Xiya Liu, He Sun, Guochao Sun, Dongyong Li, Fangyue Wang, Can Ge, Yu Fan, Taofa Zhou
Herein, we present a new method for determining the Ca isotopic composition of geological samples. To eliminate matrix elements from Ca, a column chromatography method was developed using a N , N , N ' N ' tetraoctyl-1,5-diglycolamide (TODGA) resin. The Ca isotopic compositions were measured by a multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) without collision cell equipment, especially that direct measurement to 44 Ca/40 Ca can be achieved. To mitigate the interference from 40 Ar during 40 Ca measurement, the cold plasma technique was used to suppress the Ar+ generation, resulting in a background Ar+ intensity of <300 mV, in contrast to the conventional hot plasma conditions, which typically yield thousands of volts for Ar+ intensities...
April 10, 2024: Analytical Chemistry