Dear Cap, I think you are bound to have quite a lot of trouble with cryogenic separation of hydrocarbons (differences in vapour pressure etc). Why don't you try something like GC separation (apart from finding one, everything should be very straightforward, with minimal fractionation), or reacting the CO2 with caustic or so? Success, Gert Jaap van Klinken Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ Tel. (01865) 273939 Fax (01865) 273932 email [log in to unmask]