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Silicon stable isotope analysis of natural aqueous and solid samples by MC-ICP-MS

  • Gregory F. de Souza*
  • , Paul S. Savage
  • , Sophie Opfergelt
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The stable isotope composition of silicon (Si) bears the potential to trace a variety of (bio)geochemical processes in the Earth system and beyond. In this chapter we provide detailed information relating to the preparation, purification and mass-spectrometric analysis of Si by multi-collector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) for the broad diversity of natural sample types of interest to the geochemist. Our aim is to provide practical information useful to those interested in setting up a MC-ICP-MS protocol for silicon stable isotope analysis in their own laboratory, or to adapt existing methods to new sample matrices.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAnalytical isotope geochemistry
Subtitle of host publicationtechniques and data interpretation
EditorsGyana Ranjan Tripathy
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages155-180
Number of pages26
ISBN (Electronic)9783031883880
ISBN (Print)9783031883873
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jun 2025

Publication series

NameAdvances in Isotope Geochemistry
ISSN (Print)2364-5105
ISSN (Electronic)2364-5113

Keywords

  • Analytical methods
  • Column chromatography
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Silicon isotopes
  • Standard-sample bracketing

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