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. 2023 Jan 12;10:906160. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2022.906160

TABLE 2.

Ion chromatography procedure for group separation of REE in this study, modified from Tanaka et al. (2018).

Major composition removal (HCl column)
 Resin: 8 mL AG50W-X8 (cation) 200–400 mesh
  Step Eluent (UP HCl) Volume (mL)
  Column wash 6 N HCl 20
  Column wash MillQ water 20
  Column conditioning 2 N HCl 5
  Load sample 2 N HCl 4
  Discard major ions 2 N HCl 35
  Collect Sr 2 N HCl 35
  Collect REE 6 N HCl 40
  Colum wash (re-use) 6 N HCl 20
Dry 6 N HCl collected REE fraction
Second column procedure: group separation of REE to eliminate oxide ions for MC-ICP-MS
 Resin: 0.8 mL AG50W-X8 (neutralized by NH4OH) 200–400 mesh
  Step Eluent (HIBA) Volume (mL)
  Column wash 0.3 M HIBA 5
  Column wash MillQ water 5
  Column conditioning 0.05 M HIBA 5
  Sample loading 50 μL DIW
  Column wash 0.045 M HIBA 0.5
  Collect HREE 0.09 M HIBA 9
  Collect MREE 0.15 M HIBA 15
  Collect LREE 0.3 M HIBA 20
Discard resin and wash column for the new sample