Sodium interference in lithium isotope ratio analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
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Introduction: Naturally occurring lithium consists of two stable isotopes, 6Li (7.591%) and 7Li (92.409%) and have applications in nuclear technology, pharmaceutical, automotive and geological research. Enriched 7Li isotope in LiOH form has been used as a pH regulator for Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) reducing corrosion in the primary water circuit [1-3]. The determination of lithium isotopic composition was analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry after ion exchange processes, which has been considered a promising technique for the separation of Li isotopes. One of the concerns in ICP-MS analysis is sodium interference. The presence of sodium in the lithium-containing sample has potential implications for the accuracy of isotopic ratio measurements. For this reason, a method is described for the study of sodium interference in 7Li 295,88%₀ and 303,30%₀ enriched solutions.
Methods: For this study, the reference standard L-SVEC was used, it has an isotopic abundance of 92.409% for 7Li and 7.591% for 6Li (6Li/7Li ratio = 0.08251) and solutions enriched at 295,88%₀ (6Li/7Li ratio = 0.06661) and 303,30%₀ (6Li/7Li ratio = 0.06810) of 7Li. Concentrations of 50 μg L-1 of lithium were maintained for the solutions used and it was evaluated with the addition of 50, 100, 300, 450 and 1000 μg L-1 of sodium on the enriched samples suffered significant changes in their isotopic ratio. The ICP-MS used for the sample analysis was a PerkinElmer SCIEX Elan 6000. For the isotopic ratio measurement the parameters used was nebulizer gas flow of approximately 0.94 L min-1 , Radio Frequency (RF) 600 W, gas flow rate 1.2 L min-1 , Peak Hopping mode, dwell time 80 and 480 ms for 6Li and 7Li respectively, 50 sweeps per reading, 1 read per replicate and 10 replicates.
Results: For this study, 24 samples were analyzed being divided into four sets of samples with 6 samples each set. The sets were composed of samples without addition of sodium and samples with addition of 50, 100, 300, 450 and 1000 μg L-1 of sodium. The first set of samples, composed of the 295,88%₀ enriched sample, had a standard deviation of 3.59✕10-4. The second set of samples, composed of the 303,30%₀ enriched sample, had a standard deviation of 2.63✕10-4. The third and fourth set of samples, composed of aliquots of the L-SVEC standard, obtained a standard deviation of 2.22✕10-4 e 2.54✕10-4, respectively. Showing that the addition of sodium did not significantly interfere in the ratio of lithium isotopes 6 and 7 according to standard deviation.
Conclusions: Through the results obtained from the experiment, it was observed that the variation in the ratio between isotopes 6 and 7 of lithium was not significant for the results of analysis in ICP-MS. However, it should be noted that for the purposes of lithium isotope separation processes using ion exchange resins, the interference of sodium in the chromatographic separation needs to be evaluated.
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ANDRADE, MARIANA N. de; OTOMO, JULIANA I.; GIMENEZ, MAISE P.; NASCIMENTO, LETICIA da S.; NASCIMENTO, HENRIQUE B. do; LEAO, PAULO H.B.; CECILIO, PRISCILA de S.; FERREIRA, JOAO C.; BERGAMASCHI, VANDERLEI S.; BUSTILLOS, OSCAR V. Sodium interference in lithium isotope ratio analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. In: SIMIONATO, ANA V.C. (coord.). In: IBEROAMERICAN CONFERENCE ON MASS SPECTROMETRY, 3rd, December 10-15, 2022, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Abstract... Campinas, SP: Sociedade Brasileira de Espectrometria de Massas - BrMASS, 2022. p. 380-381. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/33930. Acesso em: 01 Mar 2025.
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