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Re: Negative Mass45 BGD values
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Gilles St-Jean <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:54:51 -0400
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Hi Charlotte
Your amplifier zero might be wrong.  Try resetting the amplifier zeros: no gas, source off before reset.

Gilles

Gilles St-Jean
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Stable Isotope Geochemistry 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part de Charlotte Lehmann
> Envoyé : 31 août 2006 12:20
> À : [log in to unmask]
> Objet : [ISOGEOCHEM] Negative Mass45 BGD values
> 
> I am wondering if anyone can suggest why the Mass45 
> background (BGD) value would be negative, and how to correct 
> for this. I am also getting very depleted isotopic values to 
> go along with the negative BGD value.
> --
> Charlotte Lehmann
> Research Technician
> Bates College
> Department of Geology
> 206A Carnegie Science Building
> 44 Campus Avenue
> Lewiston, ME 04240
> Phone: 207-786-6485
> FAX: 207-786-8334
>

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