激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱法微区原位定量分析锂铍矿物化学成分

In situ Quantitative Analysis of Chemical Composition of Lithium and Beryllium Minerals by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

锂、铍是当前全球战略性关键金属,采用激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)建立分析方法可以实现微区原位定量分析天然矿物样品中的锂、铍元素含量,为锂铍资源高效利用以及赋存状态的研究提供分析技术支撑。锂辉石和绿柱石等矿物是提取锂、铍元素的主要原料,微区分析常用的电子探针方法对于能量较低的轻元素难以准确定量,而LA-ICP-MS方法亟待改进降低非基体匹配校准带来的基体效应提高分析的准确度和精密度。本文探讨了仪器工作条件(同位素选择及计数模式、载气He气流速、样品气Ar气流速、束斑直径、能量密度大小)和数据处理方法(外部标准物质、内标元素)对定量结果精密度和准确度的影响。实验结果表明:He和Ar气体流速不仅会影响锂、铍信号强度,而且适当降低载气He流速(0.6L/min)可以减小相对误差。增加束斑直径虽可以将数据精密度提高10%以上,但是对于准确度影响不大;对于绿柱石这类硬度高的透明矿物应提高能量密度(相对强度>75%,通量>2.7J/cm^(2))以保证产生稳定剥蚀信号。测定7Li时选择现有标准物质中含量较高的GSE-1G校准、9Be选择NIST610校准,以Al作为内标补偿元素,计算结果相对误差较小。LA-ICP-MS方法通过调整仪器工作条件和数据处理方法,可以降低基体差异,提高数据准确度,解决微区原位准确定量分析锂、铍轻元素的难题,为锂、铍资源的勘探开发和高效利用提供有力的技术支撑。但是也亟待开发高锂、铍含量的微区标准物质,解决因现有标准物质与样品中含量差异造成的基体效应来进一步提高数据质量。

Lithium and beryllium are the strategic key metals and the minerals such as spodumene and beryl are the main raw materials for extracting lithium and beryllium elements.In order to accurately analyze the minerals by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry(LA-ICP-MS),the quantitative analytical procedure needs to be improved to reduce the matrix effect caused by non-matrix matching calibration.In the research,a New Wave 193nm ArF excimer laser and an ElementⅡhigh resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer were used and the working parameters of the instrument optimized.The analytical results show that Li and Be light elements can quantitatively be determined by the suggested method.