High-temperature pyrolysis/gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry: Simultaneous measurement of the stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon in cellulose

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-114

  Woodley, Ewan J ^a,b,c   Loader, Neil J ^b   McCarroll, Danny ^b   Young, Giles H F ^b   Robertson, Iain ^b   Heaton, Timothy H E ^c   Gagen, Mary H ^b   Warham, Joseph O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-ISOTOPE-RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRIES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PYROLYSIS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 83755163208     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5302     Document Type: Article

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