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Loading wood sample into autosampler tray
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Sample identity is checked before analysis to ensure valid results.
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Pat Micks, laboratory technician, prepares milled wood samples for stable isotope analysis.
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Tree stem samples are ground up into a fine powder, which will then be analyzed for carbon, nitrogen, and stable isotopes.
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Roots are ground up into a fine powder, which will then be analyzed.
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These autosampler trays will deliver the packed wood samples into the mass spectrometer.