High-Precision Iron Isotopic Analysis of IAEA-B5 basalt and rock Reference Materials

We report the results of high throughput, robust, and sensitive method for the precise analysis of 56Fe/54Fe and 57Fe/54Fe, performed using Multi-Collector-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS), Thermo Scientific Neptune PlusTM. We measured the Fe isotope compositions of widely used standard reference materials ranging from basaltic to rhyolitic compositions (JB-2, BHVO-2, BE-N, AGV-1, and RGM-1). We also propose a new iron isotope reference material, IAEA-B5, a basalt from Mount Etna already commonly used as a reference for B and Li isotopes.

Funding information: EU-Next Generation EU Mission 4 ‘Education and Research’-Component 2: ‘From research to business’-Investment 3.1: ‘Fund for the realization of an integrated system of research and innovation infrastructures’-Project IR0000032-ITINERIS-Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System-CUP B53C22002150006. EPOS European Plate Observing System