With the modification of Alkali fusion method for digesting silicates and the development of the multi-collection inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS), the silicon isotopic analysis methods have been significantly improved in recent years. The analytical precision of δ30Si (2SD) is better than ±0.10‰, compared with ±0.15‰-±0.30‰ by gas mass spectrometer (GS-MS) in earlier studies. It enables us to distinguish the minor fractionation of Si isotopes during the
high temperature processes; and also avoid using hazardous chemical such as fluoride. For the in situ determination of δ30Si, the analytical precision of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and femtosecond laser ablation (fs LA) also have been modified to be ±0.10‰-±0.22‰. This article reviewed the progress in silicon isotope analysis in the past decades, and discussed the establishment of high precision silicon isotope analysis method under wet plasma condition using MC-ICP-MS. Then we compared the silicon isotopic compositions of standard reference materials in different laboratories, and finally summarized the range of δ30Si in major geological reservoirs, e.g., BSE, Earth crust and Meteorites.
WANG Junlin, WANG Wei, WEI Haizhen
. Progress in High Precision Analytical Approaches of Silicon Isotope[J]. Geological Journal of China Universities, 2021
, 27(3)
: 275
-288
.
DOI: 10.16108/j.issn1006-7493.2021033