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Inter-Calibration of a Proposed New Primary Reference Standard AA-ETH Zn for Zinc Isotopic Analysis
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Corey Archer, ETH Zurich
  • Morten B. Anderson, ETH Zurich
  • Christophe Cloquet, CRPG, UMR-CNRS
  • Tim M. Conway, ETH Zurich
  • Shoufei Dong, CRPG, UMR-CNRS
  • Michael Ellwood, Australian National University
  • Rebekah Moore, Imperial College London
  • Joey Nelson, Stanford University
  • Mark Rehkamper, Imperial College London
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6JA00282J
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Abstract

We have prepared a large volume of pure, concentrated and homogenous zinc standard solution. This new standard solution is intended to be used as a primary reference standard for the zinc isotope community, and to serve as a replacement for the nearly exhausted current reference standard, the so-called JMC-Lyon Zn. The isotopic composition of this new zinc standard (AA-ETH Zn) has been determined through an inter-laboratory calibration exercise, calibrated against the existing JMC-Lyon standard, as well as the certified Zn reference standard IRMM-3702. The data show that the new standard is isotopically indistinguishable from the IRMM-3702 zinc standard, with a weighted δ66/64Zn value of 0.28 ± 0.02‰ relative to JMC-Lyon. We suggest that this new standard be assigned a δ66/64Zn value of +0.28‰ for reporting of future Zn isotope data, with the rationale that all existing published Zn isotope data are presented relative to the JMC-Lyon standard. Therefore our proposed presentation allows for a direct comparison with all previously published data, and that are directly traceable to a certified reference standard, IRMM-3702 Zn. This standard will be made freely available to all interested labs through contact with the corresponding author.

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0
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Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, v. 32, issue 2, p. 415-419

Citation Information
Corey Archer, Morten B. Anderson, Christophe Cloquet, Tim M. Conway, et al.. "Inter-Calibration of a Proposed New Primary Reference Standard AA-ETH Zn for Zinc Isotopic Analysis" Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Vol. 32 Iss. 2 (2017) p. 415 - 419
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