Hi, Hal:

We have been using both Nalgene plastic and regular glass bottles for the
storage of  O-18 and D/H water standards for more than ten years without any
problems. I hope this info may help.

Regards.

Dachun Zhang
Zymax

"Haraldur R. Karlsson" wrote:

> Dear friend,
>
> I will be an colloborator on a large long-term project that involves
> collection of numberous water samples for stable isotope analysis.  One
> aspect involves collection of rain water by meteorlogical teams from
> hurricanes when they come on shore.  I have heard that glass bottles
> (250ml) are best for long-term storage of water for isotope analysis, but
> it not might not be feasible for transporting samples by the hurricane
> teams (+glass bottles are expensive).  Does any one of the you use plastic
> bottles (at least for transport) and if so can you recommend a good brand?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Hal Karlsson
>
> Dr. Haraldur R. Karlsson
> Associate Professor of Geosciences
> Department of Geosciences, and
> Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (joint)
> Texas Tech University
> Box 41053
> Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
>
> (806)-742-3130 office
> (806)-742-3112 lab
> (806)-742-0100 Dept. fax