{"id":6910,"date":"2019-03-15T08:28:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T08:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/?page_id=6910"},"modified":"2019-03-15T09:55:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T09:55:59","slug":"thermo-finnigan-deltaplus-xp-isotope-ratio-mass-spectrometer-irms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/thermo-finnigan-deltaplus-xp-isotope-ratio-mass-spectrometer-irms\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermo Finnigan Deltaplus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;ICER&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#5eb3d2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_row_inner 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner 0=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1522843823355{margin-top: -3% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>The laboratory has a Thermo Finnigan Delta<\/b><span class=\"s5\"><b><sup>plus<\/sup><\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b> XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), which is specially designed for measurement of light environmental stable isotopes 2H, 13C, 15N, 18O, 34S is a sensitive and selective instrument with application in hydrology, geology, environmental protection, paleoclimate.<\/b><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496336537824{margin-top: -8% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2881&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496336497820{margin-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]Prior to stable isotope ratio measurements different samples has to be brought in gaseous form. A host of preparation methods have been developed and improved to convert different sample compounds to an appropriate gas including H<span class=\"s5\"><sub>2<\/sub><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, CO, CO<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sub>2<\/sub><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, N<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sub>2<\/sub><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, and SO<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sub>2<\/sub><\/span><span class=\"s1\">. The measured values expressed in delta notation like \u03b4<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">H, \u03b4<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">C, \u03b4<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>15<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">N, \u03b4<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>18<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">O, \u03b4<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>34<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">S The delta values are defined as follows: \u03b4 (\u2030) = (R<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sub>sample<\/sub><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\/ R<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sub>reference<\/sub><\/span><span class=\"s1\">-1) * 1000, where R is the <\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">C\/<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>12<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">C, <\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>15<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">N\/<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>14<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">N or <\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>34<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">S\/<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>32<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">S etc. ratio in the sample or in the international reference.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">The isotope results were calculated on the basis of the known values of international standard materials.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Elemental Analyser (<b>Fisons NA1500 NCS)<\/b> is based on the complete and instantaneous oxidation of the sample by flash combustion which converts all organic and inorganic substances into combustion products. The resulting combustion gases pass through a reduction furnace and are swept into the chromatographic column by the carrier gas (helium). The gases are separated in the column and detected by the IRMS (\u03b4<span class=\"s5\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">C, \u03b4<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>15<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">N, \u03b4<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>34<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">S). Isotopic analyses of water samples or carbonates are carried out with an automated <b>GASBENCH II<\/b> sample preparation device attached to the IRMS. Hydrogen and oxygen isotopes of the water, carbon and oxygen isotopes of carbonate samples are measured by this method. The high temperature conversion elemental analyser <b>(TC\/EA)<\/b> coupled to the IRMS is suitable to determine the \u03b4<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">H and \u03b4<\/span><span class=\"s5\"><sup>18<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\">O values of solid samples and of fluid samples as well.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552643439544{margin-top: -2% !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Related photo documentation<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_masonry_grid post_type=&#8221;portfolio&#8221; max_items=&#8221;10&#8243; element_width=&#8221;2&#8243; gap=&#8221;5&#8243; item=&#8221;mediaGrid_ScaleInWithIcon&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1552643746984-ff724879-8cc5-9&#8243; taxonomies=&#8221;60&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;ICER&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#5eb3d2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_row_inner 0=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner 0=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1522843823355{margin-top: -3% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text 0=&#8221;&#8221;]The laboratory has a Thermo Finnigan Deltaplus XP isotope<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6963,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6910","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaF6JY-1Ns","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6910"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6985,"href":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6910\/revisions\/6985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iker.atomki.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}