地下水硝酸盐15N和18O同位素在线测试技术研究

摘要

The studying of N and 0 in soil and water can be used to identify the origin, transportation and transformation of the nitrate, which provides reliable evidence for the remediation of the polluted environment. At present, high-temperature pyrolysis is the most widely used method for assessing 15N and 18O. However, NO from the ion source may interfere with the measurement of δ18O, which is efficiently reduced by the He dilution method. In this article, the selection of four international standards (IAEA-No-3 , USGS32 , USGS34 and USGS35 ) and one laboratory standard (CUGL-No-1 ) are documented to verify the practicability of high-temperature pyrolysis. Over the course of eight months, 238 tests were conducted for 100 groundwater samples by using coupled elemental analyser and MAT 253 stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer (EA-IRMS). Three new conclusions were obtained through the study. Firstly, the low cost target sample of KNO3 was convenient for the comparison to the international standards. Secondly, it was concluded that online high-temperature pyrolysis was the best method to study 15N and 18O in nitrate of standards and samples. In this research, the sample amount of KNO3 was only 500 μg. Moreover, the values of δ15 N and δ18O were determined simultaneously in one sample input, which took just 720 s and had the added advantages of being rapid and having high efficiency. The accuracies of δ15 N and δ18O were 0. 25‰ and 0.6‰, respectively, which were close to the corresponding international level. Thirdly, the He dilution method reduced the interference to δ18O without any improvement of the EA-IRMS system.%测定水和土壤的氮氧同位素组成能够识别硝酸盐来源和研究氮素的迁移转化过程,用在线高温热解法测试硝酸盐的15N和18O同位素是目前应用最广泛、最流行的高新技术.但是由于离子源内NO的干扰,使该方法测定的δ㈨O值不准确,而采用He稀释法则可有效减少该项干扰 本文选取4个国际标准样品(IAEA-No-3、USGS32、USGS34和USGS35)和一个实验室标准样品(CUGL-No-1),使用元素分析仪耦合MAT 253稳定同位素比值质谱仪(EA-IRMS),在8个月时间内对100多个地下水样品进行238次测试,对在线高温热解测试硝酸盐15N和18O技术进行了检验,验证其实用性.得到三点新认识:①用KNO3作为靶样品形式成本低,且便于和国际标准对比；②在线高温热解法测定标准和样品中硝酸盐的15N和18O同位素组成需样量仅为500μg的KNO3,一次选样可同时测定NO3的δ15N和δ 18O,消耗时间仅720 s,δ15N和δ 18O的测试精度分别为0.25‰、0.6‰,达到了国外相应水平,速度快,效率高；③He稀释法可减少离子源内NO对δ 18O测试的干扰,不必改变EA-IRMS系统的任何硬件.