Characterisation of Conventional 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Ratios in Cement, Limestone and Slate Reference Materials Based on an Interlaboratory Comparison Study

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Authors

  • Anera Kazlagić
  • Martin Rosner
  • Anna Cipriani
  • Daniel A. Frick
  • Johannes Glodny
  • Elis J. Hoffmann
  • John M. Hora
  • Federico Lugli
  • Tomas Magna
  • Anette Meixner
  • Antonio Possolo
  • Axel Pramann
  • Michael J. Pribil
  • Olaf Rienitz
  • Daniel Rutherford
  • Gustavo M. Paula-Santos
  • Michael Tatzel
  • Matthias Willbold
  • Tea Zuliani
  • Jochen Vogl

External Organisational units

  • Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM)
  • IsoAnalysis UG
  • University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  • Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  • Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
  • Czech Geological Survey, Prague
  • University of Bologna
  • University of Bremen
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • One Denver Federal Center
  • University of Göttingen
  • Department for Nanostructured Materials, Jožef Stefan Institute
  • Freie Universität Berlin

Abstract

An interlaboratory comparison (ILC) was organised to characterise 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios in geological and industrial reference materials by applying the so-called conventional method for determining 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios. Four cements (VDZ 100a, VDZ 200a, VDZ 300a, IAG OPC-1), one limestone (IAG CGL ML-3) and one slate (IAG OU-6) reference materials were selected, covering a wide range of naturally occurring Sr isotopic signatures. Thirteen laboratories received aliquots of these six reference materials together with a detailed technical protocol. The consensus values for the six reference materials and their associated measurement uncertainties were obtained by applying a Gaussian, linear mixed effects model fitted to all the measurement results. By combining the consensus values and their uncertainties with an uncertainty contribution for potential heterogeneity, reference values ranging from 0.708134 mol mol-1 to 0.729778 mol mol-1 were obtained with relative expanded uncertainties of ≤ 0.007 %. This study represents an ILC on conventional 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios, within which metrological principles were considered and the compatibility of measurement results obtained by MC-ICP-MS and by MC-TIMS is demonstrated. The materials characterised in this study can be used as reference materials for validation and quality control purposes and to estimate measurement uncertainties in conventional 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratio measurement.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)821-840
Number of pages20
JournalGeostandards and Geoanalytical Research
Volume47.2023
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jul 2023