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Reference Materials

The table is a list of all reference materials kept in the IsoLab.

Reference
Material
δD
VSMOW
δ13C
VPDB
δ15N
Air N2
Δ17O
VSMOW
δ18O
VSMOW
δ34S
VCDT

Material
NBS19 1 +1.95 +28.65 limestone
LSVEC 1 -46.6 +3.39 4 lithium carbonate
NBS18 -5.01 +7.20 limestone
C1 +2.55 +30.41 marble
C2 -48.94 +14.04 calcium carbonate
CQS1 -39.5 +14.28 calcium carbonate
CQS2 -2.13 +15.16 calcium carbonate
IAEA-NO-3 +4.76-0.2+25.60 potassium nitrate
USGS34 -1.8-0.1-27.9 potassium nitrate
USGS35 +2.7+21.6+57.5 sodium nitrate
USGS34/35mix +0.45+10.75 nitrate mixture
USGS40 -26.39-4.52 L-glutamic acid
USGS41 +37.63+47.57 L-glutamic acid
NIST1547 4 -25.99+1.98 peach leaves
GA1 -28.2-4.6 glutamic acid
GA2 -13.6-5.6 glutamic acid
Salmon Bristol Bay Sockeye
IAEA-S-1 2 -0.3silver sulfide
IAEA-S-3 -32.55silver sulfide
NBS-127 +21.1barium sulfate
Ag2S +17.60silver sulfide
ZnS -32.31zinc sulfide
Ba100 +4.59barium sulfate
sulfα sodium sulfate
sulfβ sodium sulfate
sulfε sodium sulfate
VSMOW2 30 0 Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water
GISP-190 -24.8 Greenland Ice Sheet Precipitation Water
SLAP2 3-428 -55.5 Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation Water
PW-41.91 -6.88 Pennsylvania Water
SW-75.49 -10.50 Seattle Water
AW-231.11 -29.83 Antarctic Water
WW-267.44 -33.76 WAIS Water
SVW-316.68 -41.10 Seattle / Vostok Water
VW-438.57 -56.56 Vostok Water

1 - sets scale for VPDB
2 - sets scale for VCDT
3 - sets scale for VSMOW
4 - NOT accepted, merely a guide

VPDB = 0.97001*VSMOW - 29.99 (from Coplen blue book)