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YANG Zongcai,XU Xuemin,YANG Jiajia,et al. A Pre-Treatment Method for the Determination of Organic Carbon Isotope Composition in Sedimentary Rocks[J]. Rock and Mineral Analysis,2024,43(6):847−857. DOI: 10.15898/j.ykcs.202403110038
Citation: YANG Zongcai,XU Xuemin,YANG Jiajia,et al. A Pre-Treatment Method for the Determination of Organic Carbon Isotope Composition in Sedimentary Rocks[J]. Rock and Mineral Analysis,2024,43(6):847−857. DOI: 10.15898/j.ykcs.202403110038

A Pre-Treatment Method for the Determination of Organic Carbon Isotope Composition in Sedimentary Rocks

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  • Received Date: March 10, 2024
  • Revised Date: September 05, 2024
  • Accepted Date: October 30, 2024
  • Available Online: November 13, 2024
  • Published Date: November 13, 2024
  • HIGHLIGHTS
    (1) The organic carbon isotope test of sedimentary rocks should be based on the extraction and preparation of kerogen, which has a long preparation process and requires the use of a significant quantity of hazardous chemicals. Therefore, more convenient and environmentally friendly pretreatment methods need to be developed.
    (2) A pre-treatment method for effective separation of organic carbon components from sedimentary rocks based on dilute hydrochloric acid was established, which has the advantages of simple process, easy access to experimental consumables, and less sample consumption.
    (3) The influence of the traditional kerogen extraction method and the pre-treatment method established on the determination of organic carbon isotope values of samples with different TOC values and different lithologies is compared, which proves the applicability of this method for common geological samples such as shale and limestone.

    The organic carbon in sedimentary rocks is mainly in the form of kerogen, and it is necessary to extract kerogen from samples before obtaining the organic carbon isotope value. The extraction process requires a significant quantity of hazardous chemicals and a long preparation process. Therefore, in daily work, there is an urgent need to develop a more convenient and environmentally friendly pre-treatment method. A simple acid treatment method was established, and 110 sedimentary rock samples with different lithology (limestone, shale, oil shale) and different organic carbon content range (0.83%−35.33%) were selected for comparison experiments of two pretreatment methods. The results show that for 94% of the samples, the difference of carbon isotope values obtained by the acid pretreatment method established in this study and the kerogen extraction method was less than 1.0‰, which met the deviation requirements for repeated measurements, indicating that this pretreatment method can be used to accurately obtain the key geological parameter of an organic carbon isotope value. Furthermore, the organic carbon content and lithology of the samples does not influence the results, demonstrating the applicability of this method to typical geological samples and fulfilling the requirements of geological exploration and investigation. The BRIEF REPORT is available for this paper at http://www.ykcs.ac.cn/en/article/doi/10.15898/j.ykcs.202403110038.

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