Dear Zhang: I also have an interest to test your Zn for water reduction for hydrogen isotope measurements. Could we have some test samples of your Zn? Than you very much for troubles on our behalf in advance. Noriyuki Tanaka Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science Hokkaido University Sapporo, 060 Japan Tel +81-11-706-2370 Fax +81-11-726-6234 E-mail [log in to unmask]