Instrument: Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer

Instrument Short Name: IR Mass Spec; IRMS
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB16/)
Instrument Description:

The Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer is a particular type of mass spectrometer used to measure the relative abundance of isotopes in a given sample (e.g. VG Prism II Isotope Ratio Mass-Spectrometer).

PI supplied instrument name: Finnigan MAT 253 IRMS
Dataset-specific description

Samples were sent to the laboratory of Rachel Stanley (WHOI) where they were analyzed for O2 (m/z = 32) and Ar (m/z = 40) by peak jumping using a Finnigan MAT 253 IRMS.