Which is the best 9Be carrier for 10Be/9Be accelerator mass spectrometry?

Commercial 9Be solutions used for chemical preparation of samples for accelerator mass spectrometry contain the cosmogenic long-lived radionuclide 10Be at elevated but different 10Be/9Be levels. Within a systematic study of recently produced solutions, comparison to published data and new data on cu...

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Published in:MethodsX 2021-01, Vol.8, p.101486-101486, Article 101486
Main Authors: Merchel, Silke, Braucher, Régis, Lachner, Johannes, Rugel, Georg
Format: Article
Language:English
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Analytical chemistry
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Best-suited 9Be carrier
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Chemical Sciences
Earth Sciences
Geochemistry
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Phenakite
Sciences of the Universe
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Summary:Commercial 9Be solutions used for chemical preparation of samples for accelerator mass spectrometry contain the cosmogenic long-lived radionuclide 10Be at elevated but different 10Be/9Be levels. Within a systematic study of recently produced solutions, comparison to published data and new data on customised solutions from minerals, we recommend - if no customised solution is available - the 9Be solutions from Australian Chemical Reagents (ACR) or from LGC. They contain 10Be/9Be at the 3.4 × 10−15 level, which is still suitable for the majority of Earth science applications, compared to customised solutions at the 10−16 level for lowest-level studies. Commercial solutions from Scharlab having different lot numbers, i.e. an identification number assigned to a particular lot of material from a single manufacturer, vary in 10Be/9Be by up to a factor of nine. Hence, it seems an advisable strategy to buy a bigger quantity of a single production batch (such as 10 × 100 ml bottles of 9Be at 1 g l−1) and have them tested once at any AMS facility before first use.•The best 9Be carrier for low-level 10Be/9Be applications is a customised one from minerals like phenakite.•The best 9Be carriers for medium- and high-level 10Be/9Be applications are currently from Australian Chemical Reagents (ACR) or from LGC.•As 9Be carriers from Scharlab of different batches (LOT) contain 10Be/9Be at different levels, it is advisable to buy a bigger number of bottles of the same LOT of commercial carriers after being identified to have reasonably low isotope ratios.
ISSN:2215-0161
2215-0161
DOI:10.1016/j.mex.2021.101486