Carbonate and silicate intercomparison materials for cosmogenic 36Cl measurements

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Two natural mineral separates, labeled CoCal-N and CoFsp-N, have been prepared to serve as intercomparison material (ICM) for in situ-produced cosmogenic 36Cl and natural chlorine (Clnat) analysis. The sample CoCal-N is derived from calcite crystals in a Namibian lag deposit, while the sample CoFsp-N is derived from a single crystal of alkali-feldspar from a Namibian pegmatite. The sample preparation took place at the University of Cologne and a rotating splitter was used to obtain homogeneous splits of both ICMs. Forty-five measurements of CoCal-N (between 1 and 16 per facility) and forty-four measurements of CoFsp-N (between 2 and 20 per facility) have been undertaken by ten target preparation laboratories measured by seven different AMS facilities. The internal laboratory scatter of the 36Cl concentrations indicates no overdispersion for half of the laboratories and 3.9 to 7.3% (1σ) overdispersion for the others. We show that the CoCal-N and CoFsp-N splits are homogeneous regarding their 36Cl and Clnat concentrations. The grand average (average calculated from the average of each laboratory) yields initial consensus 36Cl concentrations of (3.74 ± 0.10) × 106 at 36Cl/g (CoCal-N) and (2.93 ± 0.07) × 106 at 36Cl/g (CoFsp-N) at 95% confidence intervals. The coefficient of variation is 5.1% and 4.2% for CoCal-N and CoFsp-N, respectively. The Clnat concentration corresponds to the lower and intermediate range of typical rock samples with (0.73 ± 0.18) µg/g in CoCal-N and (73.9 ± 6.8) µg/g in CoFsp-N. We discuss the most relevant points of the sample preparation and measurement and the chlorine concentration calculation to further approach inter-laboratory comparability. We propose to use continuous measurements of the ICMs to provide a valuable quality control for future determination of 36Cl and Clnat concentrations.
Date Issued
2019
Publication Type
Article
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en
Author(s)
Mechernich, Silke
Dunai, Tibor J.
Binnie, Steven A.
Goral, Tomasz
Heinze, Stefan
Dewald, Alfred
Schimmelpfennig, Irene
Keddadouche, Karim
Aumaître, Georges
Bourlès, Didier
Marrero, Shasta
Wilcken, Klaus
Simon, Krista
Fink, David
Phillips, Fred M.
Caffee, Marc W.
Gregory, Laura C.
Phillips, Richard
Freeman, Stewart P.H.T.
Shanks, Richard
Akif Sarıkaya, M.
Pavetich, Stefan
Rugel, Georg
Merchel, Silke
Yesilyurt, Serdar
Ivy-Ochs, Susan
Vockenhuber, Christof
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
0168-583X
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