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Smith AC, Welsh S, Atkinson H, et al. A new automated method for high-throughput carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis of gaseous and dissolved methane at atmospheric concentrations. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2021;35(11):e9086doi: 10.1002/rcm.9086.
Smith, A. C., Welsh, S., Atkinson, H., Harris, D., & Leng, M. J. (2021). A new automated method for high-throughput carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis of gaseous and dissolved methane at atmospheric concentrations. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 35(11), e9086. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9086
Smith, Andrew C, et al. "A new automated method for high-throughput carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis of gaseous and dissolved methane at atmospheric concentrations." Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM vol. 35,11 (2021): e9086. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9086
Smith AC, Welsh S, Atkinson H, Harris D, Leng MJ. A new automated method for high-throughput carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis of gaseous and dissolved methane at atmospheric concentrations. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2021 Jun 30;35(11):e9086. doi: 10.1002/rcm.9086. PMID: 33738862.
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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2021 Jun 30;35(11):e9086. doi: 10.1002/rcm.9086.

A new automated method for high-throughput carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis of gaseous and dissolved methane at atmospheric concentrations.

Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM

Andrew C Smith, Steve Welsh, Helen Atkinson, David Harris, Melanie J Leng

Affiliations

  1. National Environmental Isotope Facility, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK.
  2. Sercon Ltd, Crewe Trade Park, Gateway, Crewe CW16JT, UK.

PMID: 33738862 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9086

Abstract

RATIONALE: The dual isotope ratio analysis, carbon (δ

METHODS: Here we describe a new gas chromatography, pyrolysis/combustion, isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) system for the automated analysis of either dissolved or gaseous CH

RESULTS: The system routinely achieves precision of <0.3‰ for δ

CONCLUSIONS: This represents the first commercially available IRMS system for dual δ

© 2021 United Kingdom Research and Innovation, as represented by the British Geological Survey. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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