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  • Title: Water Vapor-Assisted "Universal" Nonmatrix-Matched Analytical Method for the in Situ U-Pb Dating of Zircon, Monazite, Titanite, and Xenotime by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.
    Author: Luo T, Hu Z, Zhang W, Liu Y, Zong K, Zhou L, Zhang J, Hu S.
    Journal: Anal Chem; 2018 Aug 07; 90(15):9016-9024. PubMed ID: 29986584.
    Abstract:
    The U-Pb geochronologic analysis of accessory minerals has played an important role in Earth and solar system science in constraining the ages of a wide variety of rocks and minerals. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) is one of the most popular techniques for U-Pb geochronologic analysis. Currently, the significant matrix effects observed between different accessory minerals and the lack of high-quality standards for many minerals of interest are the major limitations of its geochronological applications. In this study, we investigated the effects of the addition of oxygen, nitrogen, and water vapor before and after the ablation cell on the accuracy of the U-Pb dating of different minerals (e.g., zircon, monazite, titanite, and xenotime) by LA-ICP-MS. We found that the addition of water vapor, unlike that of oxygen and nitrogen, before the ablation cell can significantly suppress the matrix effects on U-Pb dating. The deviations of the measured 206Pb/238U ratios in these accessory minerals were significantly reduced from 10 to 24% to less than 1-2% when using NIST 610 glass as an external standard. This can be attributed to the suppression of elemental fractionation in both the laser ablation and ICP ionization processes by the presence of water vapor. The developed water vapor-assisted LA-ICPMS U-Pb dating method has been successfully applied to the analysis of zircon, monazite, xenotime, and titanite with NIST 610 glass as a reference material in both the 193 nm excimer laser and 213 nm Nd:YAG laser ablation systems.
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