Technology Opportunities

Objective/function

• The stable isotope research laboratory at the Institute of Earth Sciences is a modern laboratory with the capabilities of rapid high precision isotope ratio analyses of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide from a wide array of biological and geological sample media

Research provided

• Nitrogen and carbon isotopes as well as C:N ratio in organic matter
• Oxygen and carbon isotopes in carbonates
• Oxygen and carbon isotopes in dissolved inorganic carbon
• Oxygen and carbon isotopes in CO₂ gas
• Three oxygen isotopes in water and O₂ gas
• Calibration of laboratory oxygen standards

Advantages

• Research carried out in the laboratory includes development of cutting edge technologies and their application in a wide scope of geochemical projects.

Available equipment

• ThermoQuest Delta Plus and Delta Plus XL isotope ratio mass spectrometers
• Balzers QMG 421 quadrupole mass spectrometer
• Variety of peripheral equipment for both continuous flow and double inlet mass spectrometric studies

Link to homepage

• http://earth.huji.ac.il/facilities-in.asp?id=21