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Development of PGE-Bearing Silicate Glass Standards for Quantitative Trace Element Analysis in Silicate-Based Metallurgical Slags

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Two batches of silicate glass doped with precious metals (PMs) (Pt, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Ru, Au, and Re) were prepared as analytical reference materials at very high oxygen potentials, which can be achieved only at elevated pressure. The high oxygen potentials allow the PMs to dissolve in the glasses as oxide components. The two glasses were examined and characterized using electron probe X-ray microanalyzer (EPMA) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for their chemical composition and homogeneity. The glasses were found to be homogeneous on the micron scale or less to within analytical precision, and are well suited as standards for the rapid and accurate LA-ICP-MS analysis of PMs in silicate slags or similar materials.

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The authors acknowledge the facilities of Microscopy Australia at the Advanced Imaging Precinct, Australian National University, a facility that is funded by the University, and State and Federal Governments. The authors would like to thank technical assistance and valuable advice from David Clark, Dean Scott, and Michael Anenburg from RSES, ANU.

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  1. Centre for Advanced Microscopy, The Australian National University, Acton, 2601, Australia

    Jiang Chen

  2. Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Acton, 2601, Australia

    Guil Mallmann, Irina Zhukova & Hugh O’Neill

  3. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China

    Irina Zhukova

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Chen, J., Mallmann, G., Zhukova, I. et al. Development of PGE-Bearing Silicate Glass Standards for Quantitative Trace Element Analysis in Silicate-Based Metallurgical Slags. J. Sustain. Metall. 6, 691–699 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40831-020-00308-0

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