Rapid screening of boron isotope ratios in nuclear shielding materials by LA-ICPMS – a comparison of two different instrumental setups

Kurta, Christoph; Dorta, Ladina; Mittermayr, Florian; Prattes, Karl; Hattendorf, Bodo; Günther, Detlef; Goessler, Walter

doi:10.1039/c3ja50194a

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“…Often, there is a need for a rapid non‐destructive screening method for the finished product (e.g., in a metallurgical plant that prepares the boron‐containing steel materials for nuclear technology). A comparison of ns and fs laser in LA‐ICPMS demonstrated a precision poorer by a factor of 5 with ns‐LA‐ICPMS (Kurta et al, ). The precision of the B isotope ratios was 0.21–1.1% (1sd) and 0.04–0.51% (1sd) with ns‐LA‐Q‐ICPMS and fs‐LA‐MC‐ICPMS instruments, respectively.…”

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A review on the determination of isotope ratios of boron with mass spectrometry

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2016

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

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The present review discusses different mass spectrometric techniques-viz, thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS), and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)-used to determine B/ B isotope ratio, and concentration of boron required for various applications in earth sciences, marine geochemistry, nuclear technology, environmental, and agriculture sciences, etc. The details of the techniques-P-TIMS, which uses Cs BO , N-TIMS, which uses BO , and MC-ICPMS, which uses B ions for bulk analysis or B and B ions for in situ micro-analysis with SIMS-are highlighted. The capabilities, advantages, limitations, and problems in each mass spectrometric technique are summarized. The results of international interlaboratory comparison experiments conducted at different times are summarized. The certified isotopic reference materials available for boron are also listed. Recent developments in laser ablation (LA) ICPMS and QQQ-ICPMS for solids analysis and MS/MS analysis, respectively, are included. The different aspects of sample preparation and analytical chemistry of boron are summarized. Finally, the future requirements of boron isotope ratios for future applications are also given. Presently, MC-ICPMS provides the best precision and accuracy (0.2-0.4‰) on isotope ratio measurements, whereas N-TIMS holds the potential to analyze smallest amount of boron, but has the issue of bias (+2‰ to 4‰) which needs further investigations. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 36:499-519, 2017.

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A review on the determination of isotope ratios of boron with mass spectrometry

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2016

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“…To the best of the authors' knowledge, only 5 papers have reported on LA-MC-ICP-MS isotopic analysis of B in geological materials thus far [8,11,13,15,16]. Additionally, Kurta et al [12] have reported the use of femtosecond-LA-MC-ICP-MS for the screening of B isotope ratios in steel.…”

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“…The two techniques currently used for in situ measurement of the B isotope ratio are secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and laser ablation (LA) MC-ICP-MS. For SIMS, close matrix-matching is an absolute prerequisite for obtaining accurate results [10]. In the case of the more recently introduced LA-MC-ICP-MS approach for B isotopic analysis, matrix matching seems to be less demanding [8,11,12], although recently a close matrix matching was reported to be necessary for B isotope ratio determination in tourmalines using a 213 nm Nd:YAG laser [13]. Also the precision obtained using LA-MC-ICP-MS (b1‰ 2SD) is better than that obtained with SIMS (3‰ 2SD) [8,14].…”

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Validation of the determination of the B isotopic composition in Roman glasses with laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

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Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy

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The applicability of laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS) for the determination of the B isotopic composition in Roman glasses was investigated. The delta B-11 values thus obtained provide information on the natron flux used during the glass-making process. The glass samples used for this purpose were previously characterized using pneumatic nebulization (PN) MC-ICP-MS. Unfortunately, this method is time-consuming and labor-intensive and consumes some 100 mg of sample, which is a rather high amount for ancient materials. Therefore, the use of the less invasive and faster LA-MC-ICP-MS approach was explored. In this work, the results for 29 Roman glasses and 4 home-made glasses obtained using both techniques were compared to assess the suitability of LA-MC-ICP-MS in this context. The results are in excellent agreement within experimental uncertainty. No difference in overall mass discrimination was observed between the Roman glasses, NIST SRM 610 reference glass and B6 obsidian. The expanded uncertainty of the LA-MC-ICP-MS approach was estimated to be <2%., which is similar to that obtained upon sample digestion and PN-MC-ICP-MS measurement. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)

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“…1 10 B has a highneutron absorption cross section (3837 b), and hence boron compounds are extensively used in nuclear technology. 2,3 For example, natural and enriched boron carbides are used as control rods in the nuclear reactors. 4 Boron compounds are also found to be useful in shielding against high-energy neutrons.…”

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Separation of Boron from Borated Paraffin Wax by Pyrohydrolysis and Alkali Extraction Methods and Its Determination Using Ion Chromatography

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A method based on the pyrohydrolysis extraction of boron and its quantification with ion chromatography was proposed for paraffin waxes borated with H3BO3 and B4C. The optimum pyrohydrolysis conditions were identified. Wax samples were mixed with U3O8, which prevents the sample from flare up, and also accelerates the extraction of boron. Pyrohydrolysis was carried out with moist O2 at 950 C for 60 and 90 min for wax with H3BO3 and wax with B4C, respectively. Two simple methods of separation based on alkali extraction and melting wax in alkali were also developed exclusively for wax with H3BO3. In all the separations, the recovery of B was above 98%. During IC separation, B was separated as boron-mannitol anion complex. Linear calibration was obtained it between 0.1 and 50 ppm of B, and LOD was calculated as 5 ppb (S/N = 3). The reproducibility was better than 5% (RSD).

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Rapid screening of boron isotope ratios in nuclear shielding materials by LA-ICPMS – a comparison of two different instrumental setups

Cited by 10 publications

References 35 publications

A review on the determination of isotope ratios of boron with mass spectrometry

A review on the determination of isotope ratios of boron with mass spectrometry

Validation of the determination of the B isotopic composition in Roman glasses with laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Separation of Boron from Borated Paraffin Wax by Pyrohydrolysis and Alkali Extraction Methods and Its Determination Using Ion Chromatography

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