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Determination of Osmium Concentrations and 187Os/188Os of Crude Oils and Source Rocks by Coupling High-Pressure, High-Temperature Digestion with Sparging OsO4 into a Multicollector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

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A method that enables Os isotope measurement of crude oil with in-line Os separation and purification from the sample matrix is proposed, and (187)Os/(188)Os composition and Os concentration of NIST 8505 can serve as a matrix-matched reference material for Os analysis.
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The 187Os/188Os ratio that is based on the β–-decay of 187Re to 187Os (t1/2 = 41.6 billion years) is widely used to investigate petroleum system processes. Despite its broad applicability to studies of hydrocarbon deposits worldwide, a suitable matrix-matched reference material for Os analysis does not exist. In this study, a method that enables Os isotope measurement of crude oil with in-line Os separation and purification from the sample matrix is proposed. The method to analyze Os concentration and 187Os/187Os involves sample digestion under high pressure and high temperature using a high pressure asher (HPA-S, Anton Paar), sparging of volatile osmium tetroxide from the sample solution, and measurements using multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS). This methods significantly reduced the total procedural time compared to conventional Carius tube digestion followed by Os separation and purification using solvent extraction, microdistillation and N-TIMS analysis. The method...

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Negative thermal ion mass spectrometry of osmium, rhenium, and iridium

TL;DR: In this article, a negative thermal ion mass spectrometer was used to obtain intense ion beams of negatively charged oxides of Os, Re and Ir by thermal ionization, in a conventional surface ionization mass analyzer.
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Osmium isotope ratio determinations by negative thermal ionization mass spectrometry

TL;DR: In this article, the isotopic abundances of tungsten with natural isotopic composition were determined by negative thermal ionization (NTI) in a double-filament ion source.
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Considerations in Zircon Geochronology by SIMS

TL;DR: Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is a versatile technique for measuring the chemical and isotopic composition of solid materials on a scale of a few microns as mentioned in this paper.
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Rhenium‐osmium isotope systematics and platinum group element concentrations: Loess and the upper continental crust

TL;DR: In this article, the use of loess as a proxy for the concentration and isotopic composition of highly siderophile elements, specifically Os, in the upper continental crust was investigated.
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Re-Os geochronology of organic rich sediments: an evaluation of organic matter analysis methods

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the Re-Os systematics of organic matter are altered during chemical isolation, and as such they suggest that the HF-BF3 method should not be used for Re−Os analysis of organic matters.
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