At present, the isotope ratio 18O/16O (in the text expressed as δ18O) of carbonate ((Formula presented.) is usually determined by isotope ratio mass spectrometry measuring the (Formula presented.) produced dissolving the (Formula presented.) -bearing substance in concentrated (Formula presented.). As with any analytical data, the δ18O values of carbonate are also affected by uncertainty which must be considered mainly when data from different laboratories are compared. Usually, scientific papers report only repeatability and/or reproducibility of analytical results, which, have scarce significance for data comparison. With the aim of evaluating the overall uncertainty for new analytical data for low-Mg calcites, in this paper we reconsidered the δ18O data, which are reported in the literature. Two kinds of uncertainty must be taken into account: (1) that due to the calibration of the delta values using international standards (prediction uncertainty), (2) that due to small differences in the chemistry of low-Mg calcites. The two uncertainties must be added when comparing data produced in the same or different laboratories. We found that this overall uncertainty cannot be lower than about 0.2‰. Thus, uncertainty lower than 0.2‰, sometimes reported in the literature, is misleading.

Oxygen Isotope Phosphoric Acid Fractionation Factor and Uncertainty on the δ18O Measurements of Calcite / Iacumin, P.; Rossi, M.; Venturelli, G.. - In: APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3417. - 12:19(2022). [10.3390/app121910094]

Oxygen Isotope Phosphoric Acid Fractionation Factor and Uncertainty on the δ18O Measurements of Calcite

Iacumin P.
Conceptualization
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Venturelli G.
Conceptualization
2022-01-01

Abstract

At present, the isotope ratio 18O/16O (in the text expressed as δ18O) of carbonate ((Formula presented.) is usually determined by isotope ratio mass spectrometry measuring the (Formula presented.) produced dissolving the (Formula presented.) -bearing substance in concentrated (Formula presented.). As with any analytical data, the δ18O values of carbonate are also affected by uncertainty which must be considered mainly when data from different laboratories are compared. Usually, scientific papers report only repeatability and/or reproducibility of analytical results, which, have scarce significance for data comparison. With the aim of evaluating the overall uncertainty for new analytical data for low-Mg calcites, in this paper we reconsidered the δ18O data, which are reported in the literature. Two kinds of uncertainty must be taken into account: (1) that due to the calibration of the delta values using international standards (prediction uncertainty), (2) that due to small differences in the chemistry of low-Mg calcites. The two uncertainties must be added when comparing data produced in the same or different laboratories. We found that this overall uncertainty cannot be lower than about 0.2‰. Thus, uncertainty lower than 0.2‰, sometimes reported in the literature, is misleading.
2022
Oxygen Isotope Phosphoric Acid Fractionation Factor and Uncertainty on the δ18O Measurements of Calcite / Iacumin, P.; Rossi, M.; Venturelli, G.. - In: APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3417. - 12:19(2022). [10.3390/app121910094]
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