“…Fractions for each element of REE were separated by cation exchange resin columns with a-hydroxyisobutyric acid (a-HIBA) (Hidaka et al, 1988). Separation procedures and mass spectrometric techniques of other elements were conventional: Rb and Sr (Faure and Powell, 1972), Zr (Shima, 1978), Mo (Tromp et al, 1981, Kawashima, 1990, Ru (Terada et al, 1975), Pd, Ag and Te (Loss et al, 1983), Ba (Eugster et al, 1969), U (Chen and Wasserburg, 1981). In mass spectrometry of Ru, Pd, Ag and Te, a V-shaped Re single filament with silica gel and phosphoric acid was employed.…”