Comprehensive inter-laboratory calibration of reference materials for ??<sup>18</sup>O versus VSMOW using various on-line high-temperature conversion techniques.

Brand, W. A.; Coplen, T. B.; Aerts-Bijma, A. T.; Bohlke, J. K.; Gehre, M.; Geilmann, H.; Groning, M.; Jansen, H. G.; Meijer, H. A. J.; Mroczkowski, S. J.; Qi, H.; Soergel, K.; Stuart-Williams, H.; Weise, S. M.; Werner, R. A.

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The seemingly large estimated combined uncertainties arise from differences in instrumentation and methodology and difficulty in accounting for all measurement bias. They are composed of the 3fold standard errors directly calculated from the measurements and provision for systematic errors discussed in this paper. A primary conclusion of this study is that nitrate samples analyzed for ??¹⁸ O should be analyzed with internationally distributed isotopic nitrates, and likewise for sulfates and organics. Authors reporting relative differences of oxygen-isotope ratios (??¹⁸ O) of nitrates, sulfates, or organic material should explicitly state in their reports the ??¹⁸O values of two or more internationally distributed nitrates (USGS34, IAEA-NO-3, and USGS35), sulfates (IAEA-SO-5,IAEA-SO-6, and NBS 127), or organic material (IAEA-601 benzoic acid, IAEA-602 benzoic acid, and IAEA-600 caffeine), as appropriate to the material being analyzed, had these reference materials been analyzed with unknowns. This procedure ensures that readers will be able to normalize the delta;¹⁸ O values at a later time should it become necessary. The high-temperature reduction technique for analyzing ??¹⁸ O and ??² H is not as widely applicable as the well-established combustion technique for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope determination. To obtain the most reliable stable isotope data, materials should be treated in an identical fashion; within the same sequence of analyses, samples should be compared with working reference materials that are as similar in nature and in isotopic composition as feasible. Copyright ?? 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Brand, W. A.; Coplen, T. B.; Aerts-Bijma, A. T.; Bohlke, J. K.; Gehre, M.; Geilmann, H.; Groning, M.; Jansen, H. G.; Meijer, H. A. J.; Mroczkowski, S. J.; Qi, H.; Soergel, K.; Stuart-Williams, H.; Weise, S. M.; Werner, R. A.

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Comprehensive inter-laboratory calibration of reference materials for ??¹⁸O versus VSMOW using various on-line high-temperature conversion techniques.; 2009; Article; Journal; Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry; Brand, W. A.; Coplen, T. B.; Aerts-Bijma, A. T.; Bohlke, J. K.; Gehre, M.; Geilmann, H.; Groning, M.; Jansen, H. G.; Meijer, H. A. J.; Mroczkowski, S. J.; Qi, H.; Soergel, K.; Stuart-Williams, H.; Weise, S. M.; Werner, R. A.