Atomic spectrometry update–a review of advances in environmental analysis

JR Bacon, OT Butler, WRL Cairns, O Cavoura… - Journal of Analytical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Highlights in the field of air analysis included: a new focus on measuring tyre-wear particle
emissions; an interest in using unmanned aerial vehicles for sampling purposes and an …

Felsic crust development in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: A reference sample collection to investigate a billion years of geological history

JF Moyen, AJ McCoy-West, E Bruand, MA Millet… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The crust of the Kaapvaal craton accreted throughout the Archaean over nearly 1 billion
years. It provides a unique example of the various geological processes that shape Earth's …

Ce and Nd stable isotope purification and determination of geological samples by MC-ICP-MS

JH Bai, JL Ma, GJ Wei, L Zhang… - Journal of Analytical Atomic …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The combined study of Ce and Nd stable isotopes is promising because Ce and Nd behave
similarly in geological processes and distinctively in redox reactions. However, the …

Determination of Rare Earth Element Isotopic Compositions Using Sample-Standard Bracketing and Double-Spike Approaches

JY Hu, FLH Tissot, R Yokochi, TJ Ireland… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rare earth elements (REEs) have been found to have numerous uses to trace geological
and cosmochemical processes through analyses of elemental patterns, radioactive decay …

Stable neodymium isotopic fractionation during chemical weathering

J Bai, K Luo, C Wu, Z Wang, L Zhang, S Yan… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stable Nd isotope ratio is a potentially useful tool to provide new constraints on the
geological reservoir formation processes, complementing information from the radiogenic …

Equilibrium fractionation of REE isotopes in nature: Insights from NRIXS and DFT+ U studies of Eu and Dy phonon density of states

JY Hu, N Dauphas, NX Nie, M Roskosz, X Chen… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are commonly utilized in Earth and environmental
sciences to study a variety of geological processes due to their distinct patterns and …

High intermediate precision Sm isotope measurements in geological samples by MC-ICP-MS

JH Bai, M Lin, SX Zhong, YN Deng, L Zhang… - Journal of Analytical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The measurement of Sm isotopes in geological materials is challenging, thus limiting their
extensive applications in geoscience and environmental science. Herein, we developed a …

Simultaneous measurement stable and radiogenic Nd isotopic compositions by MC-ICP-MS with a single-step chromatographic extraction technique

JH Bai, F Liu, ZF Zhang, JL Ma, L Zhang… - Journal of Analytical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Removing interferences such as Ce on Nd isotopes during column chemistry is hard to
achieve due to their similar properties. In this study, we established a simple but efficient Nd …

Simultaneously obtaining stable and radiogenic Nd isotope ratios through a single DGA column using double spike TIMS

F Liu, X Li, H Yang, Q Peng, J Wu… - Journal of Analytical Atomic …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we present a high-precision technique for measuring Nd stable isotopes by
thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS). A single and efficient Nd separation procedure …

Stable neodymium isotope ratios of geological reference materials

J Bai, J Ma, G Wei, L Zhang, C Liu… - Geostandards and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we report the stable Nd isotopic compositions of twenty‐seven widely available
geological reference materials (RMs) including silicates, sediments, soils and carbonates …