(CRC)-MC-ICP-MS
Publication date: 07/03/2025
Research
The PARI platform is equipped with 2 MC-ICP-MS (MultiCollector Inductively Coupled Plasma source Mass Spectrometers) Neptune and Neptune Plus. These instruments allow the measurements of isotopic compositions for a wide range of elements, from very light ones to much heavier ones (Li, B, Mg, Si, K, Ca, Cr, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sr, Nd, Pb, etc…).
Coupling with a desolvator (Apex HF, Apex IR, Apex Omega) for analyses of liquid samples or with a laser (Analyte G2 193nm ArF Excimer) for solid samples is possible.
In addition, we also have a CRC-MC-ICP-MS Sapphire. This MC-ICP-MS equipped with a Collision/Reaction cell in which gases (e.g., He, H2, O2, N2, SF6) can be used allows removing 40Ar and its polyatomic interferences, such as for instance 38ArH+ on 39K+, 40Ar+ on 40Ca+, 40Ar14N+ on 54Cr+ and 54Fe+, 40Ar16O+ on 56Fe+, 40Ar23Na+ on 63Cu+ .
The 3 MC-ICP-MS of the PARI platform are part, at the national scale, of the CNRS-INSU research infrastructure RéGEF (in the network spectrometry TIMS, MC-ICPMS & LA-ICPMS).
Part of the isotopic analyses we provide can be found here.
Some 2025 publications:
A whole-scale volatile-depleted lunar interior, W. Dai, F. Moynier, Z.-Y. Long, L. Fang, J.M.D. Day, M. Paquet, J. Siebert. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025) – https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2422726122
The initial solar system abundance of 60Fe and early core formation of the first asteroids, L. Fang, F. Moynier, M. Chaussidon, A. Limare, G. V. Makhatadze, J. Villeneuve. Science Advances (2025) – DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp9381
Revisiting the Eoarchean Akilia quartz-pyroxene rock with potassium isotopes: implications for early-ocean sedimentation, Z.-Y. Long, F. Moynier, W. Dai, M. van Zuilen, J. Deng, K.-F. Qiu. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025) – https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2510228122
Human et climate impacts on the alpine critical zone over the past 10,000y, W. Rapuc, D. Guinoiseau, F. Arnaud, M. Dellinger, P. Sabatier, J. Gaillardet, J. Poulenard, J. Bouchez. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025) – https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2506030122
Quantifying the impacts of exogenous dust inputs to the critical zone using reactive transport modeling, C. A. Reina, J. Bouchez, J. L. Druhan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2025) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.01.023
Some 2024 publications:
Insights on the origin of oldhamite in enstatite meteorites from Ca stable isotopes, W. Dai, J. Siebert, F. Moynier, Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.04.022
Evidence for isotopically light Fe mobility under oxidising conditions in subduction zone fluids: A record of Monviso meta-serpentinites, Western Alps, B. Debret, C. Caurant, B. Ménez, V. Busigny, F. Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118855
Cadmium isotope composition of the Earth’s mantle inferred from analysis of oceanic basalts and komatiites, G. Devos, F. Moynier, J. Creech, D. Liu, I.S. Puchtel, M. Bizarro, Chemical Geology (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.121996
The initial solar system abundance of 60Fe and early core formation of the first asteroids. L. Fang, F. Moynier, M. Chaussidon, A. Limare, G. V. Makhatadze, J. Villeneuve, Sciences Advances (2025) – DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp938
The origin of 4-Vesta’s volatile depletion revealed by the zinc isotopic composition of diogenites. L. Fang, F. Moynier, J.-A. Barrat, A. Yamaguchi, M. Paquet, M. Chaussidon, Sciences Advances (2024) – DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adl10
Antecedent Hydrologic Conditions Reflected in Stream Lithium Isotope Ratios During Storms, J.K. Golla, J. Bouchez, J.L. Druhan, Geophysical Research Letters (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109624
Weathering Incongruence in Mountainous Mediterranean Climates Recorded by Stream Lithium Isotope Ratios, J.K. Golla, J. Bouchez, M.L. Kuessner, J.L. Druhan, JGR Earth Surface (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007359
Stable silicon isotope fractionation reflects the routing of water through a mesoscale hillslope, A. Guertin et al., Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119098
Pervasive aqueous alteration in the early Solar System revealed by potassium isotopic variations in Ryugu samples and carbonaceous chondrites, Y. Hu et al., Icarus (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115884
Tracing the origin of wood at the regional scale with dendrochemical markers: elemental and strontium and neodymium isotopic composition, A. Imbert Stulc et al., Science of the Total Environment (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177640
Impact of aging on copper isotopic composition in the murine brain, E. Lahoud, F. Moynier, T.-H. Luu, B. Mahan, M.L. Borgne, Metallomics (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1093/mtomcs/mfae008
Constraining the evaporative loss of zinc during impact processes using terrestrial impact glasses, Z.-Y. Long, F. Moynier, M. Paquet, J.M.D. Day, L. Fang, T.-H. Luu, D. Rigoussen, K.-F. Qiu, J. Deng, C. Koeberl, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118979
Assessment of matrix effects induced by chloride, sulfate and dissolved organic carbon during Si isotope measurements by MC-ICP-MS under wet plasma conditions, S. López-Urzúa, T.-H. Luu, L. Derry, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (2024) – https://doi-org.insu.bib.cnrs.fr/10.1039/D3JA00290J
Copper isotope compositions measured using a sapphire dual path MC-ICPMS with a collision/reaction cell. T.-H. Luu, D. Peters, E. Lahoud, Y. Gérard, F. Moynier, Analytical Chemistry (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c05192
Human-triggered magnification of erosion rates in European Alps since the Bronze Age, W. Rapuc, C. Giguet-Covex, J. Bouchez, P. Sabatier, J. Gaillardet, K. Jacq, K. Genuite, J. Poulenard, E. Messager & F. Arnaud, Nature communications (2024) – https://doi-org.insu.bib.cnrs.fr/10.1038/s41467-024-45123-3
Rubidium isotopic compositions of angrites controlled by extensive evaporation and partial recondensation, B. Wang, F. Moynier, Y. Hu, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024) – https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2311402121
