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Joseph V Goodwin1, Suraj Shrestha1, Benjamin T Manard2
1Department of Chemistry, Biosystems Research Complex, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM
|September 12, 2024
概括
超高质量分辨率质谱有效地解决了新 (Nd) 和 (Sm) 同位素的同位素干扰. 这种方法消除了化学分离的需要,简化了分析和降低了成本.
科学领域:
- 分析化学 分析化学
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 核法医科学 核法医科学 核法医科学
背景情况:
- (Nd) 和 (Sm) 同位素的比率对于地质约会和核取证至关重要.
- Nd和Sm同位素之间的同位素干扰需要复杂的化学分离来进行准确的质谱分析.
- 现有的质谱 (MS) 平台在重叠的同位素中扎,使精确的同位素比测量变得复杂.
研究的目的:
- 在没有先前的化学分离的情况下克服Nd和Sm同位素之间的同位素干扰.
- 为了证明超高质量分辨率对于简化同位素分析的实用性.
- 为了提高 Nd 和 Sm 同位素比率的确定精度和效率.
主要方法:
- 将液体采样-大气压光放电离子源与QExactive Focus Orbitrap质谱仪相合.
- 使用Spectroswiss FTMS助推器X2数据采集包,用于扩展过渡数据收集.
- 采用大约230,000k和600,000k的超高质量分辨率进行Nd和Sm同位素分析.
主要成果:
- 质量分辨率为230,000k,实现了Nd和Sm同位素包裹的基线分离,有效地减轻了同位素干扰.
- 在高分辨率下分析的Nd:Sm混合物的同位素比率与单个元素溶液的同位素比率相匹配.
- 标准轨道飞行器分辨率 (~80,000 k) 证明不足,导致同位素比率的显著偏差.
结论:
- 超高质量分辨率为广泛的化学分离提供了可行的替代方案,以解决严重的同位素干扰.
- 实施足够的质量分辨率可以显著减少或消除在分析前对样品进行操纵的需要.
- 这种方法可以降低 Nd 和 Sm 同位素比率的成本和总分析时间.
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