AN EVALUATION OF THE USE OF THE CHROMOUS CHLORIDE REDUCTION METHOD FOR ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF PYRITE IN ROCKS AND SEDIMENT

Authors
NEWTON RJ BOTTRELL SH DEAN SP HATFIELD D RAISWELL R
Citation
Rj. Newton et al., AN EVALUATION OF THE USE OF THE CHROMOUS CHLORIDE REDUCTION METHOD FOR ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF PYRITE IN ROCKS AND SEDIMENT, Chemical geology, 125(3-4), 1995, pp. 317-320
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Geology
Journal title
Chemical geology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092541
Volume
125
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
317 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2541(1995)125:3-4<317:AEOTUO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The use of chromous chloride reduction as a preparation technique for isolation of pyrite sulphur for isotopic analysis has been assessed. A small but consistent fractionation is introduced by reduction of pyri te to H2S, enriching the yield in S-34 by 0.55+/-0.14 parts per thousa nd.