Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM · 2026
High-Precision Rb Isotope Analysis by MC-ICP-MS Using Sr Empirical External Normalization.
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Yin Haoming, Feng Qi, Li Tao
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RATIONALE: Stable rubidium (Rb) isotopes have received increasing attention as emerging geochemical tracers for investigating planetary evolution, water-silicate interactions, and global Rb cycling. High-precision Rb isotope measurements by multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) are commonly performed using the standard-sample bracketing (SSB) method, but this approach is sensitive to short-term instrumental drift.
METHODS: Building upon the previously reported empirical external normalization (EEN) with 92Zr/90Zr combined with the SSB method, we adopted 88Sr/86Sr for EEN + SSB MC-ICP-MS Rb isotope measurement, owing to the closer mass discrimination between Sr and Rb. In this study, we correted the isobaric interference of 87Sr on 87Rb using an exponential law, compared Sr-EEN with Zr-EEN using the in-house USTC-Rb standard, and evaluated elemental doping effects (K, Ca, Na, and Mn).
RESULTS: The results show that the USTC-Rb standard yielded δ87/85Rb values of -0.15‰ ± 0.04‰ (2SD, n = 33) by Sr-EEN and -0.16‰ ± 0.04‰ (2SD, n = 33) by Zr-EEN, indistinguishable within analytical uncertainty. Elemental doping experiments suggest that the measured Rb isotope data were not significantly affected when the K/Rb, Ca/Rb, Na/Rb, and Mn/Rb ratios were up to 100. The long-term intermediate reproducibility for NIST SRM 984 was 0.00‰ ± 0.04‰ (2SD, n = 121).
CONCLUSIONS: Because Sr can be effectively separated from Rb using Sr-spec resin, this Sr-EEN method provides a precise and reliable alternative for Rb isotope determination by MC-ICP-MS and exhibits high tolerance to matrix elements.
METHODS: Building upon the previously reported empirical external normalization (EEN) with 92Zr/90Zr combined with the SSB method, we adopted 88Sr/86Sr for EEN + SSB MC-ICP-MS Rb isotope measurement, owing to the closer mass discrimination between Sr and Rb. In this study, we correted the isobaric interference of 87Sr on 87Rb using an exponential law, compared Sr-EEN with Zr-EEN using the in-house USTC-Rb standard, and evaluated elemental doping effects (K, Ca, Na, and Mn).
RESULTS: The results show that the USTC-Rb standard yielded δ87/85Rb values of -0.15‰ ± 0.04‰ (2SD, n = 33) by Sr-EEN and -0.16‰ ± 0.04‰ (2SD, n = 33) by Zr-EEN, indistinguishable within analytical uncertainty. Elemental doping experiments suggest that the measured Rb isotope data were not significantly affected when the K/Rb, Ca/Rb, Na/Rb, and Mn/Rb ratios were up to 100. The long-term intermediate reproducibility for NIST SRM 984 was 0.00‰ ± 0.04‰ (2SD, n = 121).
CONCLUSIONS: Because Sr can be effectively separated from Rb using Sr-spec resin, this Sr-EEN method provides a precise and reliable alternative for Rb isotope determination by MC-ICP-MS and exhibits high tolerance to matrix elements.