IUPAC

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Project: Technical Guidelines for Isotope Abundances and Atomic Weight Measurements

Objective

To prepare guidelines for isotope abundance and atomic weight measurements in a form suitable for publication. This document is directed at the mass spectrometric community.

Description

Recent experience has indicated that there is a lack of understanding in mass spectrometric protocols and uncertainty determinations. The intention of this project is to improve the quality of the reporting isotopic measurements in the international literature.

We anticipate a publication in International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Progress

July 2010 - project announcement published in Chem. Int. Jul-Aug, p. 22