Abstract
Combined determination of Cr and Ti isotopes of planetary materials offers a means with which to investigate their genetic relationship and the evolution of the protoplanetary disk. Here, we report the new sequential chemical separation procedure for combined Cr and Ti isotope ratio measurements. It comprises three steps: (a) Fe removal using AG1-X8 anion exchange resin, (b) Ti separation using TODGA resin and (c) Cr separation using AG50W-X8 cation exchange resin (with one additional step of Ti purification using AG1-X8 anion exchange resin for samples having high Cr/Ti and Ca/Ti ratios). We applied the proposed procedure to terrestrial and meteorite samples with various compositions. Typical recovery rates of 90–100% were achieved with total procedural Cr and Ti blanks of 3–5 and 2–3 ng, respectively. We measured the Cr and Ti isotope compositions of the separated samples using thermal ionisation mass spectrometry and multiple collector-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, respectively. Our Cr and Ti isotope data were found to be consistent with those of previous studies of individual Cr and Ti isotopic compositions of the meteorites. These results demonstrate the capability of our separation method when applied to combined high-precision Cr and Ti isotope analyses for single digests of planetary materials.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 133-145 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- MC-ICP-MS
- chromium
- nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies
- thermal ionisation mass spectrometry
- titanium
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geology
- Geochemistry and Petrology