Capability Title | Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) |
Laboratory | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) |
Capability expert | Jim Moran (PNNL) |
Description |
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Limitations | The IRMS instrument provides excellent stable isotope measurement precision but no analyte structural identifications which, if needed, would be collected via parallel measurement on a different system. |
Unique aspects | Provides high precision of intrinsic (stable isotope) signatures within an analyte. |
Availability | Access to the IRMS is based on the availability of staff and instrument resources. |
Citations/references | Harvey, S.D., Jarman, K.H., Moran, J.J., Sorensen, C.M., and Wright, B.W. (2012) Characterization of diesel fuel by chemical separation combined with capillary gas chromatography (GC) isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS). Talanta, 99, 262-269. |