Abstract:High purity europium oxide is widely used in fluorescent materials. The content of impurities in high purity europium oxide directly affects its performance. Therefore, it is important to determine the content of impurity elements efficiently and accurately. In this study, the high purity indium was used as conductive medium. The europium oxide powder was pressed onto indium sheet to prepare the sample sheet. The relative sensitivity factors of 34 elements were corrected using the high purity europium oxide quality control sample. The mass spectrum interference was overcome by selecting appropriate isotopes and resolution. A method for the determination of 72 impurity elements such as S, Cl, Si and Na in high purity europium oxide by direct current glow discharge mass spectrometry (dc-GDMS) was established. The optimized experimental conditions were obtained as follows: the discharge current was 2.0 mA, the discharge gas flow was 0.30 mL/min, the pre-sputtering time was set to 30 min, and the thin layer diameter of the sample was about 3-5 mm. Potassium was determined at high resolution (R=5 689), and other elements were determined at medium resolution (R=4 000). The results showed that the limits of detection of 72 elements ranged from 0.003 to 50.01 μg/g, and the limits of quantification ranged from 0.01 to 166.7 μg/g. The contents of 72 impurity elements in 4N-grade high purity europium oxide powder sample (the purity was 99.99%) according to the experimental method. The results showed that the relative standard deviations (RSD,n=6) were within 10% when the content of impurities in the sample was greater than 1 μg/g. As the content of impurity elements was in the range of 0.1-1 μg/g, the RSD (n=6) was less than 20%. When the content of impurity elements was less than 0.1 μg/g, the RSD (n=6) was within 30%. The impurity elements with relatively high content in the sample were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results showed that the measurement values of two methods were basically consistent.
贾晓琪, 张秀艳, 陈彪, 李欣欣, 王振江, 任旭东. 直流辉光放电质谱法测定高纯氧化铕中72种杂质元素[J]. 冶金分析, 2023, 43(11): 22-29.
JIA Xiaoqi, ZHANG Xiuyan, CHEN Biao, LI Xinxin, WANG Zhenjiang, REN Xudong. Determination of 72 impurity elements in high purity europium oxide by direct current glow discharge mass spectrometry. , 2023, 43(11): 22-29.
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