title: Simultaneous determination of stable carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen isotopes in cellulose.
abstract: A technological development is described through which the stable carbon-, oxygen-, and nonexchangeable hydrogen-isotopic ratios (δ(13)C, δ(18)O, δ(2)H) are determined on a single carbohydrate (cellulose) sample with precision equivalent to conventional techniques (δ(13)C 0.15‰, δ(18)O 0.30‰, δ(2)H 3.0‰). This triple-isotope approach offers significant new research opportunities, most notably in physiology and medicine, isotope biogeochemistry, forensic science, and palaeoclimatology, when isotopic analysis of a common sample is desirable or when sample material is limited.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Loader
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Street-Perrott
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Daley
authors.forename: P D M
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kimak
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Levanič
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mallon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mauquoy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Roland
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van Bellen
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ziehmer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leuenberger
mesh_terms: D002247:Carbon Isotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D006859:Hydrogen; D002482:Cellulose