Finnigan gc combustioniii

Carbon
and nitrogen isotope values of BAM were measured on a GC-IRMS system.
A DB-5 analytical column (60 m, 0.25 mm i.d., 0.5 μm film, Agilent
Technologies, Germany) was used in a TRACE GC Ultra gas chromatograph
(Thermo Fisher Scientific, Italy) which was coupled to a Finnigan
MAT 253 isotope-ratio mass spectrometer through a Finnigan GC Combustion
III interface (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Germany). The typical total
uncertainty of carbon isotope measurements is ±0.5‰, and
the uncertainty of nitrogen isotope measurements is ±1‰.
The method, including solid-phase extraction before CSIA, is described
by Sun et al.^{54 (link)} and provided in the Supporting Information.

Samples from the tank experiments
were frozen at −20 °C immediately after sampling until
enough samples were collected for isotope analysis. For carbon and
nitrogen isotope measurements of BAM and metolachlor, the samples
from the diffusion cell experiments (40 mL) and tank experiments (1
L) were first filtered through a 0.2 μm Nalgene Rapid-Flow filter
(Thermo Fisher Scientific, Germany) and concentrated in ethyl acetate
after solid-phase extraction as detailed in the SI. All isotope measurements were conducted on a GC–IRMS
system in which a TRACE GC Ultra gas chromatograph (Thermo Fisher
Scientific, Italy) with a DB-5 analytical column (60 m, 0.25 mm i.d.,
1 μm film, Agilent Technologies, Germany) was coupled to a Finnigan
MAT 253 isotope-ratio mass spectrometer through a Finnigan GC Combustion
III interface (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Germany). For carbon-isotope
measurements of benzene, toluene, and ethylbenzene, a Velocity XPT
purge-and-trap sample concentrator with an AQUATek 70 liquid autosampler
(Teledyne Tekmar, Mason, OH) was connected to the gas chromatograph.
Detailed information about the method can be found in the SI.