The invention provides a method for determining
rare earth elements in a super-based rock by ICP-MS. The method comprises the following steps: accurately weighing a
powder sample and putting the
powder sample into a sample dissolving bomb; adding high-purity
nitric acid and high-purity
hydrofluoric acid in sequence; putting the sample dissolving bomb into a steel sleeve, screwing and putting the sample dissolving bomb into a
drying oven for heating; after the sample dissolving bomb is cooled and the cover is opened, putting the sample dissolving bomb on an
electric heating plate and evaporating to
dryness; adding
nitric acid and evaporating to
dryness again; adding high-purity
nitric acid and
ultrapure water; putting the sample dissolving bomb into the steel sleeve, screwing and putting the sample dissolving bomb into the
drying oven for heating; putting the sample dissolving bomb on the
electric heating plate and evaporating to
dryness; adding
hydrochloric acid and evaporating to dryness again; adding
hydrochloric acid and dissolving; centrifuging the sample by utilizing a centrifugal
machine; taking supernatant and putting the supernatant on a column; adding
hydrochloric acid towash the column and adding hydrochloric acid to connect the sample; after evaporating the sample to dryness, adding nitric acid; after evaporating to dryness again, adding nitric acid and fixing the volume; finally, determining the content of the
rare earth elements in the sample by ICP-MS. According to the method provided by the invention, the ultralow-low-content
rare earth elements in the super-based rock can be effectively detected; an obtained rare earth partition curve is smooth in distribution and a detection result is accurate and reliable.