Hi Wolfram,
I know that they were looking at 14/13/12C ratios, which is in the paper 
that Sam quoted, so they did measure 13C to quite good precision. Other 
than that, ask Chris or Pete Ditchfield. Actaully Pete is probably 
reading this eventually, so what did you measure, Pete?

cheers,
Tamsin

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Dr W Meier-Augenstein wrote:

>
> Hi Tamsin,
>
>
> Many thanks for that information. Being able to pick somebody's brains on
> the interfacing side of things  will be very useful.
>
> Would you happen to know if Chris has tried to do anything with 13C? I
> thought your old haunt was 'only' looking at 14C.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfram
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dr Tamsin O'Connell [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Dr Tamsin O'Connell
>> Sent: 01 November 2006 10:27
>> To: Dr W Meier-Augenstein
>> Cc: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [ISOGEOCHEM] Question on nanotechology
>>
>>
>> Hi Wolfram,
>> The Oxford lab have had a GC/C hooked up to their AMS at
>> various points over the last 4 years, and have done a lot of
>> development. I think they have published something, but can't
>> remember where. Chris Ramsey is the man to ask.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Tamsin
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Dr W Meier-Augenstein wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>>
>>> Speaking of thinking outside the box, has anybody tried to
>> measure 13C
>>> abundance using an AMS? Our university will have an AMS facility in
>>> the near future (once the construction work of the purpose
>> built lab
>>> is finished;
>>> sic!) and I'm already drooling with anticipation of hooking
>> up a GC/C
>>> to this baby.
>>>
>>> I am not aware if that has been tried before. Perhaps there
>> are good
>>> reasons why this may not work, which I haven't thought of
>> yet (if so, do tell).
>>> Conversely, if this is not an HBS after all (HBS = hare-brained
>>> scheme) I would be grateful to hear from you to bounce off ideas or
>>> even helping me avoid re-inventing the wheel.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Wolfram
>>>
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>> Dr Tamsin O'Connell
>> McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research University of
>> Cambridge Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK
>> tel:01223-339344
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>
>
>

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