Review: Current applications and challenges for liquid chromatography coupled to isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC/IRMS)

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3019-3028

  Godin, Jean Philippe ^a   McCullagh, James S O ^b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE INTERFACES;

'CURRENT; C ANALYSIS; COMPOUND SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS; HIGH-PRECISION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE-RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESEARCH TOOLS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 80053250495     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5167     Document Type: Review

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