Nitrogen and triple oxygen isotopes in near-road air samples using chemical conversion and thermal decomposition

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2791-2804

  Smirnoff, Anna ^a   Savard, Martine M ^a   Vet, Robert ^b   Simard, Marie Christine ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIR SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERIC CONTRIBUTIONS; CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; N VALUE; NITROGEN CYCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN SPECIES; OXIDIZED NITROGEN; REDUCED NITROGEN; TRIPLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

NITRATES;

EID: 84868359212     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6406     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. 16O ratios in atmospheric nitrous oxide: a mass-independent anomaly. Science 1997, 278, 1774.
2. G. M. Michalski, M. Thiemens,. Mass independent fractionation in nitrate aerosols (abstract) EOS, Trans., Am. Geophys. Union 2000, 81, 120.
3. 17O in atmospheric nitrate. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2003, 30, 1870.
4. J. Savarino, J. Kaiser, S. Morin, D. M. Sigman, M. H. Thiemens,. Nitrogen and oxygen isotopic constraints on the origin of atmospheric nitrate in coastal Antarctica. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2007, 7, 1925.
5. 3-. Appl. Geochem. 1995, 10, 391.
6. 18O analysis from waters with low nitrate concentrations. Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 1999, 56, 1856.
7. S. R. Silva, C. Kendall, D. H. Wilkinson, A. C. Ziegler, C. C.-Y Chang, R. J. Avanzino,. A new method for collection of nitrate from fresh water and analyis of the nitrogen and oxygen isotope ratios. J. Hydrol. 2000, 228, 22.
8. D. M. Sigman, K. L. Casciotti, M. Andreani, C. Barford, M. Galanter, J. K. Bohlke, A bacterial method for the nitrogen isotopic analysis of nitrate in seawater and freshwater. Anal. Chem. 2001, 73, 4145.
9. K. L. Casciotti, D. M. Sigman, M. Hastings, J. K. Bohlke, A. Hilkert,. Measurement of the oxygen isotopic composition of nitrate in seawater and freshwater using the denitrifier method. Anal. Chem. 2002, 74, 4905.
10. 17O. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2004, 18, 245.
11. 2O. Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 599.
12. M. R. McIlvin, M. A. Altabet,. Chemical conversion of nitrate and nitrite to nitrous oxide for nitrogen and oxygen isotopic analysis in freshwater and seawater. Anal. Chem. 2005, 77, 5589.
13. D. J. Velinski, J. R. Pennok, J. H. Sharp, L. A. Cifuentes, M. L. Fogel,. Determination of the isotopic composition of ammonium-nitrogen at the natural abundance level from estuarine waters. Mar. Chem. 1989, 26, 351.
14. + in marine, estuarine and fresh waters: An adaptation of the ammonia diffusion method for samples with low ammonium concentrations. Mar. Chem. 1998, 60, 235.
15. - measurements: comparison with other techniques. Environ. Chem. 2004, I, 99.
16. +) at natural abundance levels in fresh and saltwaters. Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 5297.
17. C. C.-Y Chang, S. R. Silva, C. Kendal, G. Michalski, K. L. Casciotti, S. Wankel, in Handbook of Stable Isotope Analytical Techniques, vol. 1, (Ed:, P. A. de Groot,). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004, pp. 305-347.
18. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes, EPA-600/4-79-020. U.S.E.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1979.
19. E. D. Wood, F. A.-J. Amstrong, F. A. Richards,. Determination of nitrate in sea water by cadmium-copper reduction to nitrite. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 1967, 47, 23.
20. American Public Health Association (APHA), Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, (13th edn.), (Eds:, A. E. Greenberg, M. J. Taras, R. Hoak,). APHA, Washington DC, 1971.
21. L. Solorzano,. Determination of ammonia in natural waters by the phenolhypochlorite method. Limnol. Oceanogr. 1969, 14, 799.
22. 17O measurements of dissolved nitrate by chemical reduction and catalytic decomposition. 14th Canadian CF-IRMS Workshop, Saskatoon, 2008.
23. W. A. Brand,. Precon: a fully automated interface for the pre-GC concentration of trace gases in air for isotope analysis. Isot. Environ. Health Stud. 1995, 31, 277.
24. 16O ratios in nitrous oxide. Anal. Chem. 1994, 66, 2791.
25. T. B. Coplen, J. A. Hopple, J. K. Bohlke, H. S. Peiser, S. E. Rieder, H. R. Krouse, K. J.-R. Rosman, T. Ding, R. D. Vocke Jr, K. M. Révérs, A. Lamberty, P. Taylor, P. De Bièvre,. Compilation of minimum and maximum isotope ratios of selected elements in naturally occurring terrestrial materials and reagents. Water-Resources Investigation Report 01-4222, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, 2002.
26. A. Amberger, H. L. Schmidt,. Naturliche Isotopengehalte von nitrate als Indikatoren fur dessen. Herkunft. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1987, 51, 2699.
27. 18O isotopic separation of stream nitrate sources in mid-Appalachian forested watersheds. J. Hydrol. 2001, 252, 174.
28. E. M. Elliott, C. Kendall, E. W. Boyer, D. A. Burns, G. G. Lear, H. E. Golden, K. Harlin, A. Bytnerowicz, T. J. Butler, R. Glatz,. Dual nitrate isotopes in dry deposition: Utility for partitioning NOx source contributions to landscape nitrogen deposition. J. Geophys. Res. 2009, 114, G04020.
29. - nitrogen isotope composition in rain collected at Jiilich, Germany. Tellus 1978, 30, 83.
30. 14 N ratios in atmospheric nitrate species Tellus 1991, 43B, 30.
31. 14 N ratios of nitrate and ammonium in rain at Pretoria, South Africa. Atmos. Environ. 1987, 21, 843.
32. H. Moore,. Isotopic measurement of atmospheric nitrogen compounds. Tellus 1974, 26B, 169.
33. H. Moore,. Isotopic measurement of atmospheric nitrogen compounds. Atmos. Environ. 1977, 11, 1239.
34. T. Hoering,. The isotope composition of the ammonia and nitrate ion in rain. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1957, 12, 97.
35. C. Kendall, E. M. Elliott, S. D. Wankel, in Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science, (Eds:, K. Lajtha, R. Michener,). Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Malden, USA, 2007, pp. 375-449.
36. N. Takenaka, T. Daimon, A. Ueda, K. Sato, M. Kitano, H. Bandow, Y. Maeda,. Fast oxidation reaction of nitrite by dissolved oxygen in freezing process in the tropospheric aqueous phase. J. Atmos. Chem. 1998, 29, 135.
37. H. Kawashima, T. Kurahashi,. Inorganic ion and nitrogen isotopic compositions of atmospheric aerosols at Yurihonjo, Japan: implications for nitrogen sources. Atmos. Environ. 2011, 45, 6309.
38. Y. Q. Gao, R. A. Marcus,. On the theory of the strange and unconventional isotopic effects in ozone formation. J. Chem. Phys. 2002, 116, 137.
39. 15 N abundance in Norway spruce needles. Oecologia 1999, 118, 124.
40. x from vehicle engines and coal-fired power stations. Tellus B 1990, 42B, 304.
41. 10 in the atmosphere of Paris. Atmos. Environ. 2007, 41, 2382.
42. S. G. Yeatman, L. J. Spokes, P. F. Dennis, T. D. Jickells,. Comparisons of coarse-mode aerosol nitrate and ammonium at two polluted coastal sites. Atmos. Environ. 2001, 35, 1307.
43. Y. Kondo, Y. Morino, M. Fukuda, Y. Kanaya, Y. Miyazaki, N. Takegawa, H. Tanimoto, R. McKenzie, P. Johnston, D. R. Blake, T. Murayama, M. Koike,. Formation and transport of oxidized reactive nitrogen, ozone, and secondary organic aerosol in Tokyo. J. Geophys. Res. 2008, 113, D21310.
44. 16O measurements and observations on nitrate-water equilibration. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2003, 17, 1835.
45. 18O versus VSMOW using various on-line high-temperature conversion techniques. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2009, 23, 999.
46. J. K. Bohlke, T. B. Coplen, in Intercomparison Materials for Stable Isotopes of Light Elements, IAEA-TECDOC-825, IAEA, Vienna, Austria. 1995, pp. 51-64.