Study on the Availability of Wet Chemical Digestion of Geo-electrochemical Polyurethane Foam Samples

As the pretreatment methods in analyzing geo-electrochemical polyurethane foam samples, ashing and microwave digestion methods are suitable for determination of most elements. Both methods have their disadvantages. The ashing method may cause volatilization loss of some elements (e.g. Hg, As) under...

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Main Authors: YAN Hong-ze, CHEN Hai-jie, SUN Bin-bin, ZHOU Guo-hua, HE Ling, LIU Yin-fei, WANG Teng-yun
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Published: Science Press, PR China 2017-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.ykcs.ac.cn/en/article/doi/10.15898/j.cnki.11-2131/td.201610050150
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author YAN Hong-ze
CHEN Hai-jie
SUN Bin-bin
ZHOU Guo-hua
HE Ling
LIU Yin-fei
WANG Teng-yun
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CHEN Hai-jie
SUN Bin-bin
ZHOU Guo-hua
HE Ling
LIU Yin-fei
WANG Teng-yun
author_sort YAN Hong-ze
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description As the pretreatment methods in analyzing geo-electrochemical polyurethane foam samples, ashing and microwave digestion methods are suitable for determination of most elements. Both methods have their disadvantages. The ashing method may cause volatilization loss of some elements (e.g. Hg, As) under high temperature, whereas issues about sample representation and detection limit exist in the microwave digestion method because of the small amount of sample (0.1 g). Wet chemical digestion is a traditional pretreatment method, which is widely used in the pretreatment of various geochemical samples and has the advantages of complete digestion, low element loss and good sample representation. However, because of the problems of explosion and acid blank during digestion of polyurethane foam (organic) samples, this method has not been used in pretreatment of geo-electrochemical foam samples. For this study a geo-electrochemical exploration line in Luokedun hydrothermal lead-zinc polymetallic deposit in Inner Mongolia was selected as the research subject. 20 mL of Nitric acid, 5 mL of perchloric acid, and 5 mL of aqua regia were used to digest 0.5 g foam samples. The contents of some related elements were determined by High-resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS) and Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry (AFS). Results show that contents of the foam blank are relatively low for most elements, and the geochemical profiles show good anomalies. It is suggested that wet digestion is feasible in the analysis of geo-electrochemical polyurethane foam samples, and could be used widely in the future.
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spelling doaj.art-b05eb991e189484bb2e5c3943ae23f5e2023-02-09T00:48:35ZengScience Press, PR ChinaYankuang ceshi0254-53572017-09-0136551051810.15898/j.cnki.11-2131/td.201610050150ykcs-36-5-510Study on the Availability of Wet Chemical Digestion of Geo-electrochemical Polyurethane Foam SamplesYAN Hong-ze0CHEN Hai-jie1SUN Bin-bin2ZHOU Guo-hua3HE Ling4LIU Yin-fei5WANG Teng-yun6Key Laboratory of Geochemical Exploration, Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Langfang 065000, ChinaKey Laboratory of Geochemical Exploration, Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Langfang 065000, ChinaKey Laboratory of Geochemical Exploration, Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Langfang 065000, ChinaKey Laboratory of Geochemical Exploration, Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Langfang 065000, ChinaKey Laboratory of Geochemical Exploration, Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Langfang 065000, ChinaKey Laboratory of Geochemical Exploration, Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Langfang 065000, ChinaKey Laboratory of Geochemical Exploration, Institute of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Langfang 065000, ChinaAs the pretreatment methods in analyzing geo-electrochemical polyurethane foam samples, ashing and microwave digestion methods are suitable for determination of most elements. Both methods have their disadvantages. The ashing method may cause volatilization loss of some elements (e.g. Hg, As) under high temperature, whereas issues about sample representation and detection limit exist in the microwave digestion method because of the small amount of sample (0.1 g). Wet chemical digestion is a traditional pretreatment method, which is widely used in the pretreatment of various geochemical samples and has the advantages of complete digestion, low element loss and good sample representation. However, because of the problems of explosion and acid blank during digestion of polyurethane foam (organic) samples, this method has not been used in pretreatment of geo-electrochemical foam samples. For this study a geo-electrochemical exploration line in Luokedun hydrothermal lead-zinc polymetallic deposit in Inner Mongolia was selected as the research subject. 20 mL of Nitric acid, 5 mL of perchloric acid, and 5 mL of aqua regia were used to digest 0.5 g foam samples. The contents of some related elements were determined by High-resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS) and Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry (AFS). Results show that contents of the foam blank are relatively low for most elements, and the geochemical profiles show good anomalies. It is suggested that wet digestion is feasible in the analysis of geo-electrochemical polyurethane foam samples, and could be used widely in the future.http://www.ykcs.ac.cn/en/article/doi/10.15898/j.cnki.11-2131/td.201610050150geo-electrochemistrypolyurethane foam sampleswet digestionhydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometryhigh-resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
spellingShingle YAN Hong-ze
CHEN Hai-jie
SUN Bin-bin
ZHOU Guo-hua
HE Ling
LIU Yin-fei
WANG Teng-yun
Study on the Availability of Wet Chemical Digestion of Geo-electrochemical Polyurethane Foam Samples
Yankuang ceshi
geo-electrochemistry
polyurethane foam samples
wet digestion
hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry
high-resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
title Study on the Availability of Wet Chemical Digestion of Geo-electrochemical Polyurethane Foam Samples
title_full Study on the Availability of Wet Chemical Digestion of Geo-electrochemical Polyurethane Foam Samples
title_fullStr Study on the Availability of Wet Chemical Digestion of Geo-electrochemical Polyurethane Foam Samples
title_full_unstemmed Study on the Availability of Wet Chemical Digestion of Geo-electrochemical Polyurethane Foam Samples
title_short Study on the Availability of Wet Chemical Digestion of Geo-electrochemical Polyurethane Foam Samples
title_sort study on the availability of wet chemical digestion of geo electrochemical polyurethane foam samples
topic geo-electrochemistry
polyurethane foam samples
wet digestion
hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry
high-resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
url http://www.ykcs.ac.cn/en/article/doi/10.15898/j.cnki.11-2131/td.201610050150
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