Abstract:
A method for determining 34 trace elements in deep-sea marine sediments and international geological samples by ICP-MS was proposed. Samples were digested in anticorrosive efficient digestion vessel, which had a double inner arc seal design. The internal standard
103Rh was used to calibrate the trace element concentrations, and the internal standard
185Re was selected to compensate the drift of analytical signals. Compared with previous digestion methods, this method used less acid in a good seal condition, only 1.5 mL HF, 0.5 mL HNO
3 and 0.25 mL HClO
4 can digest 40 mg geological samples completely in a short time. Because the internal standard
103Rh was added during the pre-treatment process, so there was no need to dilute the digested sample to an accurate volume, and thus saved a lot of time. This method detection limits are 0.001—0.621 μg/g, the determination precisions (RSD,
n=10) are less than 6.5%, and the relative errors between this work and the recommend values are less than 5%, in which most are less than 3%. This method can meet the requirements for analyzing a large number of trace elements in many geological samples.