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Ebert, K.A.* ; Laskov, C.* ; Elsner, M. ; Haderlein, S.B.*

Calibration bias of experimentally determined chlorine isotope enrichment factors: The need for a two-point calibration in compound-specific chlorine isotope analysis.

Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 31, 68-74 (2017)
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RATIONALE: The recent development of compound-specific online chlorine isotope analysis ((37) Cl-CSIA) methods has fostered dual chlorine-carbon isotope studies to gain better insights into sources and environmental transformation reactions of chlorinated ethenes (CEs). 1-point and 2-point calibration schemes are currently used to convert raw data to the international δ(37) ClSMOC scale, but a critical evaluation of best practices to arrive at reliable δ(37) ClSMOC signatures and enrichment factors was missing and is presented here. METHODS: Aqueous solutions of neat PCE and TCE and aqueous samples from a TCE biodegradation experiment with pure cultures of Desulfitobacterium hafniense Y51 were analysed for their chlorine isotope ratios using GC/qMS and GC/IRMS. The δ(37) ClSMOC values were obtained using 1-point and 2-point calibration schemes. Chlorine isotope enrichment factors, ɛCl , were calculated using both approaches and the corresponding bias of δ(37) ClSMOC values introduced by the different types of calibration was determined. RESULTS: Different calibration methods resulted in significant differences (up to 30%) in both δ(37) Cl signatures and ɛCl -values. CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrate that a 2-point calibration together with comprehensive information on reference materials is indispensable and should become standard practice for reliable (37) Cl-CSIA of organic compounds.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Csia ; Calibration Schemes ; Chlorinated Ethenes ; Chlorine Isotope Analysis ; Chlorine Isotope Enrichment Factors ; Smoc; Chromatography/quadrupole Mass-spectrometry; Reductive Dechlorination; Microbial-degradation; Carbon; Fractionation; Trichloroethene; Hydrogen; Tce; Tetrachloroethene; Ratios
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Publication Year 2017
Prepublished in Year 2016
HGF-reported in Year 2016
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0951-4198
e-ISSN 1097-0231
Quellenangaben Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 68-74 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Wiley
Publishing Place Hoboken
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
POF-Topic(s) 20403 - Sustainable Water Management
Research field(s) Environmental Sciences
PSP Element(s) G-504390-001
Scopus ID 85003671306
PubMed ID 27689937
Erfassungsdatum 2016-10-13