Advances in Earth Science ›› 2016, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (10): 1032-1040. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2016.10.1032

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Raman Quantitative Measurements for Carbon Isotopic Composition in CO 2-Rich Fluid Inclusion: A Preliminary Study

Ying Yao( ), Qiang Sun *( )   

  1. Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belt and Crustal Evolution (Ministry of Education), School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2016-06-29 Revised:2016-09-20 Online:2016-10-20 Published:2016-10-20
  • Contact: Qiang Sun E-mail:yaoying@pku.edu.cn;qiangsun@pku.edu.cn
  • About author:

    First author:Yao Ying(1990-),female,Changzhi City,Shanxi Province,Master student. Research areas include experimental geochemistry.E-mail:yaoying@pku.edu.cn

    *Corresponding author:Sun Qiang(1970-),male,Taian City,Shandong Province,Associate Professor. Research areas include geochemistry.E-mail:qiangsun@pku.edu.cn

  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China “Raman spectrum quantitative analysis of H 2O-NaCl-CO 2 system in fluid inclusions”(No.41373057)

Ying Yao, Qiang Sun. Raman Quantitative Measurements for Carbon Isotopic Composition in CO 2-Rich Fluid Inclusion: A Preliminary Study[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2016, 31(10): 1032-1040.

Carbon dioxide is a common and important component in fluid inclusions. Because carbon isotopic ratio of CO2 in fluid inclusion can provide geochemical characteristics of source rocks, many works have been conducted to measure the carbon isotopic ratio (13C/12C) of CO2. In general, carbon isotopic composition (13C/12C) of CO2 fluid inclusions are measured by mass spectroscopy. However, mass spectroscopy is a destructive analytical technique, and can not be applied to measure single inclusion. Raman spectroscopy is an efficient non-contact and non-destructive method, and has been widely employed in many research fields. In fact, due to the difference of carbon atom mass, the Femi resonance of 13CO2 is lower than that of 12CO2, so they can be identified in Raman spectrum. In principle, the carbon isotopic composition (13CO2/12CO2) in CO2 is closely related to the Raman intensity ratio between 13CO2 and 12CO2 ( I + 13 / I + 12 ). Therefore, Raman spectroscopy can theoretically be utilized to measure the carbon isotopic composition (13CO2/12CO2) of CO2. However, this method is seriously hampered by the poor measurement accuracy and precision. In this study, based on the theoretical analysis, and in combination with previous Raman studies on carbon isotopic composition in CO2, a preliminary research on Raman quantitative measurement for carbon isotopic composition in CO2 was carried out.

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