Progress in elemental quantitative organic analysis: 1959

Steyermark, Al; McGee, Barbara E.

doi:10.1016/0026-265x(60)90008-4

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“…Dry samples are often loaded into pressed tin capsules and mechanically folded to prevent sample loss. Each capsule is then dropped into the flash combustion furnace of the elemental combustion analyzer (EA) and, through a variant of the Dumas process, the nitrogen and carbon in the sample are converted to N 2 and CO 2 . The gas mixture in a helium stream then passes through a GC column and is separated and transferred to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer where the isotopic ratios of each element (nitrogen and carbon) are measured.…”

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confidence: 99%

Cold-Weld Sealing in Argon Atmosphere for High Precision Carbon Isotope Analysis of Co-Processed Biofuels Using a Continuous-Flow Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer

Geeza

Maltsev

et al. 2020

Energy Fuels

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Stable isotopes are powerful tools for tracking biogenic carbon in biofuel petroleum coprocessing. High-precision determination of δ13C and δ15N values in bio-oils and coprocessed biofuels by continuous-flow elemental analyzer coupled to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer is challenging due to the physical and chemical properties of the samples. Standard sample preparation and measurement techniques such as syringe injection are susceptible to fractionation due to evaporation of volatile compounds, incomplete sample introduction due to sample viscosity, or contamination from atmospheric nitrogen and carbon dioxide. In this work, a modified cold-weld capsule sealer combined with an argon gas purge was used to prepare a wide variety of bio-oil and coprocessed biofuel samples. Measurements done in triplicate and quadruplicate and run on an EA-IRMS showed no measurable atmospheric nitrogen contamination and resulted in excellent reproducibility and precision of ±0.01‰ and 0.025‰, respectively, for δ13C. Additionally, this method allows for even high-volatility samples to be stored for long periods of time with no mass loss and analyzed, concurrently, with commonly available solid isotope reference standards, eliminating concerns of fractionation resulting from sample preparation, handling, and introduction. The high precision of this measurement technique makes it well suited for measurement of the often-small isotopic differences seen in blended fuel products.

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confidence: 99%