Improved online δ18O measurements of nitrogen- and sulfur-bearing organic materials and a proposed analytical protocol

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2049-2058

  Qi, Haiping ^a   Coplen, Tyler B ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION SOURCES; KERATIN; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY SEPARATIONS; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MEASUREMENTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 79959684350     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5088     Document Type: Article

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