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ECOLOGY APPLICATIONS
Enabling the study of nutrient cycles, food webs, and animal migrations
ECOLOGY APPLICATIONS
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) is a significant tool in ecology, enabling the study of nutrient cycles, food webs, and animal migrations. The isotopic composition of elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen in plants, animals, and soil, IRMS provides insights into ecological interactions and energy flows within ecosystems. This technology helps track the sources and fates of nutrients, understand trophic relationships, and monitor changes in ecological systems, thereby informing conservation strategies and ecosystem management practices.
Ecology Instruments
The world’s most sensitive small radius IRMS
The HS2022 is the most sensitive small radius IRMS in the world. Combining superior analytical performance with reliability, flexibility, ease of use and maintenance, the HS2022 IRMS ensures that all your scientific needs are met. Backed by over 20 years of development with a no compromise approach to its engineering integrity, Sercon provides the ultimate isotope ratio mass spectrometer. This technology is available in both continuous flow and dual inlet mode, and can be interfaced to a wide range of sample preparation devices and inlets. The HS2022 IRMS incorporates many high level design features, including an extremely robust, linear and sensitive source, a stainless steel flight tube, a thoria-coated filament, and high resolution amplifiers for a large dynamic range.
The only combined benchtop integrated EA-IRMS
The Integra2 combines many of the high level design features of our IRMS and EA instruments, including our innovative trapping loop technology, a stainless steel flight tube, thoria coated filament which is resistant to oxidation, and our high sensitivity source is now available as an optional upgrade. This combined EA-IRMS is a product unique to Sercon and provides excellent data without breaking the budget. Capable of analysing samples for both 15N and 13C simultaneously with a 34S or 18O option, the Integra2 provides the most cost effective and easy to use elemental and isotopic analyser available.
ECOLOGY PREP SYSTEMS
Application Notes
Ecology
Ship based CN measurements with the Integra2
The impact on CO2 emissions from soil of photooxidation of pyrogenic organic matter
Extinct Mammal Hair Analysis
CN analysis in very small samples using the Integra2
TOC-IRMS An established technique
Simultaneous NCS Analysis via EA-IRMS
Bone Collagen LAIRMS
LA IRMS sequential sampling of pine needles for 𝛿13C analysis
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