| Abstract: | An anomalous stable hydrogen isotopic fractionation of 4 ??? in gaseous hydrogen has been correlated with the process of adding liquid nitrogen (LN2) to top off the dewar of a stainless-steel water trap on a gaseous hydrogen-water platinum equilibration system. Although the cause of this isotopic fractionation is unknown, its effect can be mitigated by (1) increasing the capacity of any dewars so that they do not need to be filled during a daily analytic run, (2) interspersing isotopic reference waters among unknowns, and (3) applying a linear drift correction and linear normalization to isotopic results with a program such as Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for Light Stable Isotopes. With adoption of the above guidelines, measurement uncertainty can be substantially improved. For example, the long-term (months to years) ??2H reproducibility (1?? standard deviation) of nine local isotopic reference waters analyzed daily improved substantially from about 1 ??? to 0.58 ???. This isotopically fractionating mechanism might affect other isotope-ratio mass spectrometers in which LN2 is used as a moisture trap for gaseous hydrogen. ?? This article not subject to U.S. Copyright. Published 2010 by the American Chemical Society. |
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| Citation Author: | Coplen, T. B.; Qi, H. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Caution on the use of liquid nitrogen traps in stable hydrogen isotope-ratio mass spectrometry; 2010; Article; Journal; Analytical Chemistry; Coplen, T. B.; Qi, H. |
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| Text: | Caution on the use of liquid nitrogen traps in stable hydrogen isotope-ratio mass spectrometry; 2010; Article; Journal; Analytical Chemistry; Coplen, T. B.; Qi, H. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac101570f |
| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00 -0600 |
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