• 분석과학
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.417-426
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• 2002

반응셀이 장치된 유도결합플라스마 사중극자 질량분석기를 이용하여 자연적으로 존재하는 6개의 칼슘 동위원소의 검출특성에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 동적반응셀 (dynamic reaction cell, DRC)장치를 이용한 실험에서 최적의 신호 대 잡음비를 얻기 위한 실험조건을 조사하였다. 본 실험을 통해서 반응기체로서 0.7 mL/min의 $NH_3$를 사용하고 rejection parameter (RPq)값을 0.6으로 사용함으로써, Ca의 질량위치인 m/z 40, 42, 43, 44, 46 그리고 m/z 48의 위치에서 잠재적인 간섭이온인 $Ar^+$, ${CO_2}^+$, ${NO_2}^+$, $CNO^+$ 등이 효과적으로 제거됨을 확인하였다. 검출한계는 동위원소 $^{40}Ca$, $^{42}Ca$, $^{43}Ca$, $^{44}Ca$, 및 $^{48}Ca$에 대해서 각각 1, 29, 169, 34, and 15 pg/g으로 얻을 수 있었다. 이러한 실험조건 하에서 국제비교분석을 위해서 영국의 LGC (Laboratory of the Government Chemistry, Queens Road, Teddington, England)로부터 공급된 합성식품분해물질 중의 Ca을 동위원소희석법을 적용하여 분석하였다. 동위원소희석법에 의한 측정의 불확도는 ISO/GUM과 EURACHEM지침서에 따라 평가하였다. 측정된 시료중의 Ca의 농도와 불확도는 ($66.4{\pm}1.2$) mg/kg이었다. 또한 본 실험방법의 유효성을 확인하기 위해 농도가 인증된 표준시료 NRCC (National Research Council of Canada)의 SLRS-3 (riverine water CRM)과 NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology)의 SRM1643d (trace element in water)를 분석하였다.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2005

A time-series sediment trap was deployed at 1,034 m water depth in the eastern Bransfield Strait for a complete year from December 25, 1998 to December 24, 1999. About 99% of total mass flux was trapped during an austral summer, showing distinct seasonal variation. Biogenic particles (biogenic opal, particulate organic carbon, and calcium carbonate) account for about two thirds of annual total mass flux $(49.2\;g\;m^{-2})$, among which biogenic opal flux is the most dominant (42% of the total flux). A positive relationship (except January) between biogenic opal and total organic carbon fluxes suggests that these two variables were coupled, due to the surface-water production (mainly diatoms). The relatively low $\delta^{13}C$ values of settling particles result from effects on C-fixation processes at low temperature and the high $CO_2$ availability to phytoplankton. The correspondingly low $\delta^{l5}N$ values are due to intense and steady input of nitrates into surface waters, reflecting an unlikely nitrate isotope fractionation by degree of surface-water production. The $\delta^{l5}N$ and $\delta^{l3}C$ values of sinking particles increased from the beginning to the end of a presumed phytoplankton bloom, except for anomalous $\delta^{l5}N$ values. Krill and the zooplankton fecal pellets, the most important carriers of sinking particles, may have contributed gradually to the increasing $\delta^{l3}C$ values towards the unproductive period through the biomodification of the $\delta^{l3}C$ values in the food web, respiring preferentially and selectively $^{12}C$ atoms. Correspondingly, the increasing $\delta^{l5}N$ values in the intermediate-water trap are likely associated with a switch in source from diatom aggregates to some remains of zooplankton, because organic matter dominated by diatom may be more liable and prone to remineralization, leading to greater isotopic alteration. In particular, the tendency for abnormally high $\delta^{l5}N$ values in February seems to be enigmatic. A specific species dominancy during the production may be suggested as a possible and speculative reason.