Application of mass spectrometric isotope dilution methodology for 90Sr age-dating with measurements by thermal-ionization and inductively coupled-plasma mass spectrometry
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Abstract
Application of an isotope-dilution method for determining 90Zr and 90Sr in a 90Sr source material spiked with 86Sr and 92Zr is described. A miniature gas pressurized extraction chromatography (GPEC) system with a column containing Eichrom Sr Resin™ was used for separating the elements so isobaric isotopes could be measured by mass spectrometry. Zirconium was rinsed through the column with 3 M HNO3/trace HF and strontium was eluted with 1% acetic acid. Two mass spectrometric techniques, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), were used for measuring isotope ratios. Data were obtained with 90Sr from a blood-irradiator source. Results from the TIMS measurements gave a decay time of 45.16 ± 0.26 years, and those from the ICP-MS gave 45.24 ± 0.20 years (uncertainties are expanded uncertainty, k = 2). Quadrupole ICP-MS is preferable to TIMS in this application if the ICP-MS data are suitably corrected for non-linearity and mass discrimination.
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