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GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 487-499Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2009.00032.x
Keywords
NIST SRM 610; NIST SRM 612; glass reference material; isotope dilution; Hf isotopes; high field strength elements; homogeneity; NIST SRM 610; NIST SRM 612; materiaux vitreux de reference; dilution isotopique; isotopes de Hf; elements de haut champ de force; homogeneite
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Isotope dilution determinations of Lu, Hf, Zr, Ta and W are reported for nine test portions (five for W) of NIST SRM 610 and 612 glass wafers. Additionally, all test portions were analysed for their Hf isotope compositions. In general, high field strength elemental (HFSE) distributions in NIST SRM 610 and 612 were reproducible to similar to +/- 1%, except for Zr (+/- 5%) in NIST SRM 612, and absolute reported concentrations agreed with previously published values, but with higher precision. The slightly worse reproducibility of Zr in NIST SRM 612 compared to other HFSE is interpreted to result from analytical scatter, rather than sample inhomogeneity. The analyses demonstrated elemental homogeneity for both glass wafers for samples of 1-2 mg with respect to the precision of the method, i.e., +/- 1% or better. Average Hf isotope compositions for both glass wafers agreed within uncertainty and the weighted average of all determinations yielded a mean 176Hf/177Hf ratio of 0.282111 +/- 0.000009 (95% confidence level). However, although mean values for NIST SRM 610 and 612 agreed within analytical limits, NIST SRM 610 test portions showed a tendency of systematically elevated isotope composition of similar to 0.5 (epsilon Hf) units when compared to NIST SRM 612, which may indicate a slightly more radiogenic Hf isotope composition of NIST SRM 610. The results of this study suggest that NIST SRM 610 and 612 are valuable calibrators for HFSE in situ analyses within the given uncertainties.
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