Oxygen (18O) and Hydrogen (D/H) Analysis of Water
The SIF provides simultaneous analysis of 18Oand D/H isotope ratios in liquid water samples using a Laser Water Isotope Analyzer V2 (Los Gatos Research, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA). For 18O and D/H at natural abundance, each sample is injected 6 times. The first 2 injections are discarded to eliminate memory effects and the average of injections #3-6 is used for isotope ratio calculations. For enriched samples, the number of injections is increased to 8 and the average of injections #5-8 is used for isotope ratio calculations. Sample isotope ratios are standardized using a range of working standards that have been calibrated against IAEA standard reference materials (VSMOW, GISP, and SLAP). Precision for water samples at natural abundance is typically ≤0.3 permil for 18O and ≤0.8 permil for D/H. Final 18O/16O and D/H values are reported relative to VSMOW.
e-mail: sif@ucdavis.edu | phone: 530-752-8100 | fax: 530-752-4361 UC Davis Stable Isotope Facility | Department of Plant Sciences One Shields Avenue, Mail Stop #1 | Davis, California, 95616 | USA |







