Preparation, characterization, and value assignment of carbon dioxide isotopic reference materials: RMs 8562, 8563, and 8564
Preparation, characterization, and value assignment of carbon dioxide isotopic reference materials: RMs 8562, 8563, and 8564
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10.1021/ac990233c
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发表时间:
1999-10-15
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7.4
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Verkouteren, RM
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Verkouteren, RM
Three carbon dioxide isotopic reference materials (RM 8562, RM 8563, and RM 8564) have been prepared and characterized for composition, heterogeneity, and stability using dual-inlet isotope ratio mass spectrometry, RMs 8562-8564 are not certified, but their use as proxies for carbonate standards allows users to realize precisely the Vienna PDB scale and to provide comparability of stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratio data obtained by investigators in different laboratories. Samples (similar to 400 mu mol each) are sealed in borosilicate glass tubes (9-mm outer diameter) for distribution by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). delta(13)C and delta(18)O value assignments and uncertainties for the CO2 RMs were determined by two complementary methods: (1) through an international comparison exercise, to allow single-point standardization onto the VPDB scale and (2) through isotopically verified measurements of relative (Delta delta) values between RMs (Delta delta(45)CO(2), Delta delta(46)CO(2), and Delta delta(47)CO(2)). The intercomparison exercise involved thirteen international laboratories; measurements were normalized by carbonate and other RMs. The Delta delta values were measured at NIST, where instrument design and measurement protocols allowed isotopically consistent determinations of delta(45)CO(2), delta(46)CO(2), and delta(47)CO(2), a necessary condition of measurement accuracy. The value assignments (and combined standard uncertainties) for the delta(13)C(VPDB) and delta(18)O(VPDB) values are, respectively, -3.76 parts per thousand (0.03 parts per thousand) and -8.45 parts per thousand (0.11 parts per thousand) for RM 8562, -41.56 parts per thousand (0.06 parts per thousand) and -23.72 parts per thousand (0.11 parts per thousand) for RM 8563, and -10.45 parts per thousand (0.04 parts per thousand) and +0.19 parts per thousand (0.10 parts per thousand) for RM 8564. Within any batch (each consisting of over 1000 samples), sample-to-sample isotopic variations (standard deviations) were measured to be less than 0.007 parts per thousand and 0.026 parts per thousand for delta(13)C and delta(18)O, respectively. No conclusive evidence of long-term isotopic drift in these RMs has been observed after two years of monitoring.