Hi, My suspiction is that you work at too low pressure in the inlet system. Try to increase the pressure to 30 Torr and squize the capillaries to lower the ion currents. At this pressure you will ensure the viscous flow condition, at which no isotopic fractionation of the standard gas is possible over infinitely long time. Another reason of continuous variation in the standard isotope ratio may be a leak in the standard side of the inlet system. Hope this may help, Stan Halas ============================== Professor Dr. Stanislaw Halas Mass Spectrometry Laboratory Maria Curie - Sklodowska University 20-031 Lublin, POLAND tel: (48 81) 537 6275 fax: (48 81) 533 3669