Citation: | HU Zhizhong,YAN Xiong,JIN Lu,et al. Nitrogen Isotope Analysis Method of Organic-enriched Shale[J]. Rock and Mineral Analysis,2023,42(4):677−690. DOI: 10.15898/j.ykcs.202212090231 |
Shale, as an important component of sedimentary rocks, is also a valuable source rock and “reservoir” of shale gas. The study of nitrogen isotope distribution characteristics can provide geochemical indexes for judging the sedimentary environment and oil-source correlation of crude oil. It is helpful to understand the organic matter enrichment mechanism of black shale, shale oil, and gas exploration[
To improve the precision and accuracy of nitrogen isotope analysis in shales.
(1) The analysis was carried out by EA-IRMS, with the use of MAT253 Plus gas stable isotope mass spectrometer, Flash 2000 HT element analyzer and ConFlo Ⅳ interface. The furnace tube was filled with the recommended scheme of the instrument, and the water removal trap was adjusted according to the measured object, that is, only magnesium perchlorate was used or carbon adsorbent was added on this basis (the main component was sodium hydroxide), which accounted for 50% each. Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were measured separately. (2) Carbon and nitrogen isotope standard materials included: USGS40, USGS41a, IAEA-600, Urea, GBW04701, GBW04702, GBW04703, GBW07424 and GBW07107 as calibration, monitoring and experimental study (
The results of single/double tin cup method showed that the accuracy of
(1) The optimized measurement conditions of EA-IRMS. Attempts were made to improve combustion efficiency by using double tin cup wrapping and increasing oxygen injection time. The relative deviation of double tin cup method was greater than 0.2‰ and obviously higher than that of single tin cup method, indicating that this method is not suitable. The reason may be related to the difference in combustion efficiency caused by the gap between double tin cups and the introduction of air when the sample is wrapped[
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