Dear Francesca, What about the IAEA C3 Cellulose Standard (in the form of paper), which is meant to be for 14C sample pretreatment intercomparisons, but could be used just as well for stable isotopes...... It has an already well-restrained Del13C. Best regards, GJ At 13:11 17.05.00 -0600, you wrote: >I was wondering if anyone has measured carbon isotope ratios for an IAEA >standard: cotton cellulose (IAEA-V-9). It is a reference material for >trace and minor elements, but I wondered if anyone had measured its delta >13C. Please respond directly to me, unless you think everyone is >interested. > >Thanks, >Franesca > ************************************************************* Beware: Delivery address (street name) has changed!! ************************************************************* Dr. Gert Jaap van Klinken 14C AMS Laboratory Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie PO Box 10 01 64 07701 Jena Germany Delivery (larger items), and visiting address: Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 10 07745 Jena Germany Tel: (+49 3641) 643708/3806 Fax (+49 3641) 643710