Hi,
the flat bottom are made from soda-lime glass, the round bottom from
(the more expensive) borosilicate glass.
This makes the round bottom more resistant for acid e.g. used in
carbonate or DIC analysis.
There was a paper about the influence of various glass types on the
oxygen and carbon isotopic composition. However, I am not sure if it
dealed with water or with carbonate samples (an I can't find the copy at
the moment... :-)).
Nelson, S.T., 2000, Sample vial influence on the accuracy and precision
of carbon and oxygen isotope analysis in continuous flow mass
spectrometric applications: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry,
v. 14, p. 293-297.
From my personal experiences: Doesn't matter as long as you do not mix
them.
regards,
Robert
On 23.06.2011 22:17, Dana Biasatti wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if there is an advantage in using the flat-bottomed
> exetainer vials rather than the round-bottom vials for running water
> samples on the gas bench?
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