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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