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Comprehensive Compositional Analysis of Plant Cell Walls Lignocellulosic biomass Part II: Carbohydrates
Published on: March 12, 2010
Simultaneous determination of stable carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen isotopes in cellulose
N J Loader1, F A Street-Perrott, T J Daley
1Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom.
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.
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