Stable Isotope Lab

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory /  Florida State University

03/01/2007

Internal Rates

Sample type

Data generated

Mass Spec only ($)

with MS prep* ($)

need pre-treatment ($)

Organic solid

13C, C%

7**

12**

20**

Organic solid

15N, N%

7**

12**

 

Organic solid

13C, 15N, C%, N%

9**

15**

23**

Organic solid

C%, N%

6

11

17

Carbonate

13C, 18O

9

15

20

Structural carbonate

(in bioapatite)

13C, 18O

9

15

30

Water

18O

8

12

 

Water

2H

8

12

 

Phosphate/Organic

18O

12

20

40

DOC (w/o vacuum line)

13C

7

14

22

DIC

13C

9

15

 

Methane

13C

8

 

 

Methane

2H

8

 

 

Mass spec rate:  $35/hr

* “MS prep” indicates weighing and wrapping a sample into a tin/silver cup, or weighing a sample into a cleaned glass vial.

** For samples with extremely low N content or samples wrapped in silver cups, add $1/sample. 

For more information, contact Yingfeng Xu at yingfeng@magnet.fsu.edu (850-645-2486).