纳克级铅同位素分析中硅胶-高铼酸发射剂体系的建立

Application of a New Silica Gel Ionization Intensifier on Nanogram Lead Isotope Analysis

核取证分析中需要实施纳克级（ng）铅的同位素全谱分析,质谱测量中要求铅的电离效率较高（大于10-3）.传统硅胶-磷酸技术多用于微克级（μg）铅分析,电离效率一般为10-4～10-3;尽管后来发展的硅胶-硼酸技术可以得到10-3以上的发射效率,但是由于铅在电离过程中存在离子流反复升高-衰减的过程,导致离子流发射不稳定,质谱测量条件难以掌握.本文改进了传统的硅胶发射剂,建立了一种新型硅胶加载体系——硅胶-高铼酸体系.与硅胶-硼酸技术相比,采用硅胶-高铼酸体系可显著提高铅的发射效率并获得稳定的离子流.对于l ng铅的同位素质谱全谱测量,204Pb/206Pb、2207pb/2206pb、208pb/206Pb的相对标准偏差分别为0.4％、0.2％和0.1％,测试精度优于采用其他硅胶技术.通过实验比较了硅胶-高铼酸体系与多种传统硅胶发射剂体系对铅离子流的发射效果,优化了硅胶试剂用量为0.5～3.0 μL,采用“夹心饼干”的涂样顺序,对1～ 100 ng铅样品的发射效率达到6.0×10-3 ～4.6×10-2,比传统硅胶-磷酸体系的发射效率（10-4 ～10-3）高了近10倍,与硅胶-硼酸技术的发射效率相当（10-3～10-2）,但铅离子发射更为稳定.本文建立的硅胶-高铼酸体系在测量精度上可满足核取证研究中铅作为地域指示剂的需求.

In nuclear forensics the amount of Pb to be analyzed is usually in the order of several nanograms ; that is 〉 10-3 of ionization efficiency is required for mass spectrometry measurements.The traditional silica-gel-phosphoric acid loading technique is typically used to measure microgram amounts of Pb,and the ionization efficiency is in the order of 10-4-10-3.Although the boron-silica gel technique could increase the ionization efficiency to 10-3 or higher,it is also difficult to handle measurement conditions as the ion flow repeatedly increased and decay process in the ionization of Pb resulting in the ion emission instability.A new silica gel-perrhenic acid loading reagent method has been developed and exhibits a significant enhancement in the ionization efficiency of Pb.Compared with the boron-silica gel technique,the emission of Pb ions is very stable with this new technique.The measurement relative standard deviation of 204Pb/206Pb,207Pb/206Pb,208pb/206Pb was 0.4%,0.2% and 0.1%,respectively from 1 ng of pb,which is an improvement over the precision with other silica gel techniques.The enhancement effect on the ion emission of Pb was compared with the silica gel-perrhenic acid and some other traditional silica gel techniques.The reagent amount of the silica gel was optimized to 0.5-3.0 μL and the ‘ sandwich biscuit’ loading sequence was used.The ionization efficiency of the Pb reached 6.0 × 10-3-4.6 × 10-2 for 1100 ng Pb.The ionization efficiency was close to the boron-silica gel technique,whereas it was about ten times higher than the traditional silica gel-phosphoric acid technique.A stable ion current was obtained by use of the silica gel-perrhenic acid technique,and the measurement accuracy meets the requirements for region indicators on nuclear forensic analysis.