For what it is worth.... We used to run a lot of dirty gases from an EA [lizard poop, feathers, soil C, etc.] on our Delta plus. I purchased a spare ion source so that we had a spare to slip in and get back up and running while cleaning the other at our leisure. The new ion source produced [and still does] a much lower slope for D/H. Only that gas was affected. -- ************************************************************* Steve Nelson Associate Professor Dept. of Geological Sciences S-389 ESC Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 801-422-8688 "Guns don't kill people, Dick Cheney kills people." George W. Bush: "Decider in Chief" "Iraq burns. We shop." Bob Herbert ************************************************************** Disclaimer for the feeble-minded: It should be painfully obvious, but the identification of my affiliation with Brigham Young University does not imply that the University endorses any political or otherwise partisan content of this message.