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 …

Zinc isotopic signature in tropical soils: A review

B Liang, G Han, Y Zhao - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The micronutrient cycling in tropical latitudes is an issue of great concern because tropical
soils are not only suffering micronutrient deficiency, but also influencing the global cycling of …

A fast double-stack column chemical separation of Zn and Mo from geological samples for isotopic analysis by MC-ICP-MS

Y Han, L Zhou, M Shi, Y Hu, G Zhang, X Hou… - Journal of Analytical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A time-saving and highly efficient chemical separation procedure to isolate Zn and Mo from
various geological samples is developed, which is based on a single pass of a double-stack …

Instrumental mass-independent fractionation accounting for the sensitivity of the double spike proportion effect by MC-ICP-MS: a case study of Zn isotope …

C Wang, X Zhu, J Li, Z Zhu, J Ma… - Journal of Analytical Atomic …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The double spike (DS) technique has an advantage over other correction models for
correcting isotopic fractionation during chemical separation. However, previous studies have …

Atmospheric oxygenation at the onset of Earth's Great Oxidation forced enhanced marine anoxia

JC Havsteen, B Eickmann, G Izon… - … African Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Capturing the loss of mass-independent sulphur isotope fractionation (MIF-S), the correlative
South African Duitschland and Rooihoogte formations are widely held to bear the isotopic …

Zinc Isotope Measurement by MC‐ICP‐MS in Geological Certified Reference Materials

J Wang, DM Tang, QH Yuan, BX Su… - Geostandards and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Here we present an analytical method for Zinc (Zn) isotopic measurements using “standard‐
sample bracketing” on a Nu Sapphire multi‐collector inductively coupled plasma‐mass …

The distinct conditions of atmospheric and underground nuclear tests revealed by Zn isotopic compositions of nuclear debris samples

ZA Torrano, MA Boggs, ME Sanborn - Journal of Radioanalytical and …, 2024 - Springer
We analyzed the Zn isotopic compositions of nuclear debris samples from atmospheric and
underground nuclear tests. Samples from the site of atmospheric tests exhibit a range of Zn …

A New Sample Processing Protocol for Separation and Purification Enabling Precise Analysis of Various Non-Traditional Isotopes in Geological Samples with Low …

J Gui, W Zou - Separations, 2023 - mdpi.com
Many non-traditional isotopes, such as chlorine, magnesium, calcium, etc., are widely used
as groundwater tracers. A new sample processing protocol of purification and concentration …