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: Thermo MAT 253
Dataset-specific description

The isotopic composition of N2O was measured at Princeton University by GC-IRMS using a Thermo MAT 253 mass spectrometer with a purpose-built on-line N2O extraction and purification system.