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Mass spectrometry of the intramolecular nitrogen isotope distribution of environmental nitrous oxide using fragment‐ion analysis
Author(s) -
Brenninkmeijer C. A. M.,
Röckmann T.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(19991030)13:20<2028::aid-rcm751>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - chemistry , mass spectrometry , intramolecular force , nitrogen , nitrous oxide , ion , isotope analysis , isotope , isotopes of nitrogen , analytical chemistry (journal) , mass , oxide , mass spectrum , chromatography , organic chemistry , nuclear physics , ecology , physics , biology
Mass spectrometry is applied to measure the intramolecular distribution of 15 N in N 2 O samples of near natural isotopic composition. The method is relatively straightforward and based on the analysis of the 14 NO and 15 NO fragment ion beams at mass 30 and 31, respectively, in combination with the standard analysis of the masses 44, 45, and 46 of the non‐fragmented N 2 O. Various complications in the application, not all of which are resolved at present, are discussed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.