JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020

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セッション記号 M (領域外・複数領域) » M-TT 計測技術・研究手法

[M-TT51] 地球化学の最前線

コンビーナ:橘 省吾(東京大学大学院理学系研究科宇宙惑星科学機構)、横山 祐典(東京大学 大気海洋研究所 高解像度環境解析研究センター)、鍵 裕之(東京大学大学院理学系研究科附属地殻化学実験施設)

[MTT51-02] 放射光X線マイクロビームを用いたレアアースイオン吸着型鉱床の高エネルギーµ-XRF-XAFS分析

*長澤 真1関澤 央輝2新田 清文2高橋 嘉夫1 (1.東京大学大学院理学系研究科地球惑星科学専攻、2.高輝度光科学研究センター)

キーワード:レアアース資源、硬X線マイクロビーム、蛍光X線マッピング、X線吸収微細構造(XAFS)

Ion-adsorption-type deposit of rare earth elements (REE), which is a secondary deposit consisting of weathered granite, is very important in terms of sustainable resource development due to the following characteristics; (i) REE can be easily extracted by adding dilute electrolyte solution, (ii) Rich in heavy rare earth elements (HREE), more valuable than light rare earth elements (LREE). (iii) Radioactive elements such as uranium and thorium are not extracted. However, this type of deposit is currently only developed in south part of China. We discovered ion-adsorption-type REE ore. Its total REE concentration and extraction rate are 3750 ppm and 100% respectively, which is comparable to that of China (total REE average concentration and extraction rate are 800 ppm and 50~100%, respectively).

In this study, We performed µ-XRF-XAFS analysis toward ion-adsorption-type REE ore sample in order to identify the host phase of REE and to clarify the adsorption characteristics using the synchrotron radiation X-ray µ-beam at BL37XU of SPring-8. We realized the high-energy X-ray microbeam (photon energy: 40 keV; beam size: smaller than 0.8 µm (horizontal)×0.4 µm (vertical)) using a newly developed K-B mirror system, and performed XRF mapping and K-edge XAFS (HE-μ-XRF-XAFS). Previous REE-XAFS analysis excited L3-edge of REE, with a problem that L-lines of REE are interfered by K-lines of transition elements, when we analyze natural samples including various metal ions. However, the HE-µ-XRF-XAFS is not subject to the interferences.

In addition, we quantitated REE concentration at local area to obtain REE pattern by the method without strong needs to correct the absorption effect, since absorption of X-ray by the matrix material can be negligible for the thin-section analysis using hard X-ray above 30keV. As a result, two types of REE enrichment were observed. One is the widely-distributed REE enrichment which indicates typical characteristics of ion-adsorption-type ore such as negative cerium anomaly, and the other is REE hot spot which indicates typical characteristics of igneous REE mineral with LREE-rich REE pattern.

This method, HE-µ-XRF-XAFS, is superior to laser-ablation ICP-MS in terms of the spatial resolution and determination of REE speciation using EXAFS, which can be a very powerful method for the REE study for natural samples.