Raman peaks of various hydrates in the H20-NaCl-CaCl2 system have been previously identified, but a quantitative relationship between the Raman peaks and XNaCl （i.e.,NaCl/ （NaCl＋CaCl2）） has not been established, ...Raman peaks of various hydrates in the H20-NaCl-CaCl2 system have been previously identified, but a quantitative relationship between the Raman peaks and XNaCl （i.e.,NaCl/ （NaCl＋CaCl2）） has not been established, mainly due to the difficulty to freeze the solutions. This problem was solved by adding alumina powder to the solutions to facilitate nucleation of crystals. Cryogenic （-185℃） Raman spectroscopic studies of alumina-spiced solutions indicate that XNaCl is linearly correlated with the total peak area fraction of hydrohalite. Capsules of solutions made from silica capillary were prepared to simulate fluid inclusions. Most of these artificial fluid inclusions could not be totally frozen even at temperatures as low as -185℃, and the total peak area fraction of hydrohalite is not correlated linearly with XNaCI. However, the degree of deviation （△XNaCl） from the linear correlation established earlier is related to the amount of residual solution, which is reflected by the ratio （r） of the baseline ＂bump＂ area, resulting from the interstitial unfrozen brine near 3435 cm^-1, and the total hydrate peak area between 3350 and 3600 cm^-1. A linear correlation between △XNaCl and r is established to estimate XNaCl from cryogenic Raman spectroscopic analysis for fluid inclusions.展开更多
Previous cryogenic Raman spectroscopic analysis of H_2O-NaCl-CaCl_2 solutions has identified the Raman peaks of various hydrates of NaCl and CaCl_2,and established a linear relationship between Raman band intensity of...Previous cryogenic Raman spectroscopic analysis of H_2O-NaCl-CaCl_2 solutions has identified the Raman peaks of various hydrates of NaCl and CaCl_2,and established a linear relationship between Raman band intensity of the hydrates and the composition of the solution（NaCl/（NaCl＋CaCl_2） molar ratio,or X_（NaC1）） using synthetic fluids,which created the opportunity to quantitatively determine the solute composition of aqueous fluid inclusions with cryogenic Raman spectroscopy.This paper aims to test the feasibility of this newly established method with natural fluid inclusions.Twenty-five fluid inclusions in quartz from various occurrences which show a high degree of freezing during the cooling processes were carefully chosen for cryogenic Raman analysis.X_（Na）Cl was calculated using their spectra and an equation established in a previous study.These inclusions were then analyzed with the thermal decrepitation-SEM-EDS method.The X_（NaCl） values estimated from the two methods show a 1：1 correlation,indicating that the new,non-destructive cryogenic Raman spectroscopic analysis method can indeed be used for fluid inclusion compositional study.展开更多
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文摘Raman peaks of various hydrates in the H20-NaCl-CaCl2 system have been previously identified, but a quantitative relationship between the Raman peaks and XNaCl （i.e.,NaCl/ （NaCl＋CaCl2）） has not been established, mainly due to the difficulty to freeze the solutions. This problem was solved by adding alumina powder to the solutions to facilitate nucleation of crystals. Cryogenic （-185℃） Raman spectroscopic studies of alumina-spiced solutions indicate that XNaCl is linearly correlated with the total peak area fraction of hydrohalite. Capsules of solutions made from silica capillary were prepared to simulate fluid inclusions. Most of these artificial fluid inclusions could not be totally frozen even at temperatures as low as -185℃, and the total peak area fraction of hydrohalite is not correlated linearly with XNaCI. However, the degree of deviation （△XNaCl） from the linear correlation established earlier is related to the amount of residual solution, which is reflected by the ratio （r） of the baseline ＂bump＂ area, resulting from the interstitial unfrozen brine near 3435 cm^-1, and the total hydrate peak area between 3350 and 3600 cm^-1. A linear correlation between △XNaCl and r is established to estimate XNaCl from cryogenic Raman spectroscopic analysis for fluid inclusions.
文摘Previous cryogenic Raman spectroscopic analysis of H_2O-NaCl-CaCl_2 solutions has identified the Raman peaks of various hydrates of NaCl and CaCl_2,and established a linear relationship between Raman band intensity of the hydrates and the composition of the solution（NaCl/（NaCl＋CaCl_2） molar ratio,or X_（NaC1）） using synthetic fluids,which created the opportunity to quantitatively determine the solute composition of aqueous fluid inclusions with cryogenic Raman spectroscopy.This paper aims to test the feasibility of this newly established method with natural fluid inclusions.Twenty-five fluid inclusions in quartz from various occurrences which show a high degree of freezing during the cooling processes were carefully chosen for cryogenic Raman analysis.X_（Na）Cl was calculated using their spectra and an equation established in a previous study.These inclusions were then analyzed with the thermal decrepitation-SEM-EDS method.The X_（NaCl） values estimated from the two methods show a 1：1 correlation,indicating that the new,non-destructive cryogenic Raman spectroscopic analysis method can indeed be used for fluid inclusion compositional study.
