Articles | Volume 18, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3691-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3691-2025
Research article
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08 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 08 Aug 2025

Determination of pressure baseline corrections for clumped-isotope signals with complex peak shapes

Stephan Räss, Peter Nyfeler, Paul Wheeler, Will Price, and Markus Christian Leuenberger

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Clumped-isotope signals obtained through gas source mass spectrometry are typically small and require pressure baseline corrections. While such corrections have been developed for square-shaped peaks, we present an approach for correcting peaks with complex shapes. Our method is demonstrated using oxygen clumped isotopes measured in pure oxygen, where the peak tops are linearly increasing and/or negatively curved.
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