用ESI-Orbitrap-MS中的SO3片段对甲硫酸盐进行三重氧同位素分析
Yihang Hong1,2, Longchen Zhu1,2, Daniel R Crocker3
1International Center for Isotope Effects Research (ICIER), State Key Laboratory of Critical Earth Material Cycling and Mineral Deposits, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Analytical chemistry
|June 29, 2025
概括
一种新方法使用Orbitrap质谱测量甲硫酸盐 (MSA) 中的氧同位素,这对于跟踪大气硫循环至关重要. 这种技术需要更小的样本,并且比传统方法具有更高的灵敏度.
科学领域:
- 大气中的化学成分
- 同位素地质化学 同位素地质化学
- 分析化学是一种分析化学.
背景情况:
- 将二甲基硫化物 (DMS) 氧化为硫酸盐和甲硫酸盐 (MSA) 对大气硫循环至关重要,特别是在海洋环境中.
- 在MSA中的氧同位素 (δ18O和Δ17O) 可以追踪DMS氧化途径.
- 传统的同位素比质谱法 (IRMS) 受到大样本尺寸要求和MSA分析的复杂程序的限制.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种新的,更容易使用的方法来测量MSA中的氧同位素特征 (δ18O和Δ17O).
- 为了使较小样本大小的分析,促进大气和古气候研究更广泛的应用.
主要方法:
- 使用双入口系统的电喷射电离轨道质谱法 (ESI-Orbitrap-MS) 开发了一种方法.
- 从MSA获得的SO3-碎片离子的测量,使得在较低的质量分辨率 (60,000) 和更高的扫描速度 (4扫描/秒) 中进行Δ17O分析.
- 与传统的IRMS进行校准,以验证新方法的准确性.
主要成果:
- 通过ESI-Orbitrap-MS方法,使用大约13nmol的样本成功测量了MSA的Δ18O和Δ17O值.
- 对SO3-碎片的分析允许在较低的质量分辨率下进行精确的Δ17O测量,减少了分析不确定性.
- 与IRMS相比,校准显示 δ18O 的标准偏差为 1.0 ‰,而 Δ17O 的标准偏差为 0.4 ‰.
结论:
- 开发的ESI-Orbitrap-MS方法为分析MSA氧同位素提供了更直接和更敏感的方法.
- 这种新技术克服了传统IRMS的局限性,使MSA的同位素分析对更广泛的大气和冰芯样品更加可行.
- 该方法提高了我们研究大气硫循环和DMS氧化过程的能力.
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