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Disclaimer: These links are not listed in any particular order, and we are not endorsing any of the companies listed.  While most of the links are to the main site, some of them link to a particular page of interest.  In some cases, we've added notes to help us remember what's what.

Specialty Supplies
EA SuppliesAlumina Tubing & Heating Elements
Gasses & Gas HandlingVacuum Supplies and Repairs
Glass & O-RingsMass Spectrometers
Used/Repaired/Refurbished Equipment
Stable Isotopes
Stable Isotope SuppliersStandard Materials & Info
General Supplies
Laboratory SuppliesIndustrial Supplies
Science FairsMiscellanea
More Stable Isotopes
Other Labs and FacilitiesInformational Databases and Communities
14C Laboratories, Other Isotopes, etc.
More Links
Yale Facilites and ServicesSoftware, Data, etc.
Programs and FundingMetasequoia


Specialty Lab Supplies
Elemental Analysis Supplies
       Costech Analytical Supplies
       Exeter Analytical
       Elemental Microanalysis (UK)
       SerCon (Europa, UK)   
       IVA Analysentechnik e.K (Germany, TC/EA, GCC, GC-TC)
       Labco (UK, Exetainers, GasBench)
       Hekatech (Germany, EA, TC-O--flow through glassy C only)
       CE Elantech (Carlo-Erba/Thermo Flash EA's)
       UIC Inc (also TIC/TOC/sulfites)
       OI Analytical (TOC--connected to IRMS)
       Alpha Resources (carbon and sulfur in steel)
       Elementar Americas (EAs, TC/EA repair, supplies)
       Septa (see also Chromatography below), PCTFE (Kel-F):
             Plastic Profiles
             Professional Plastics
             Applied Plastics Technology, Inc. (APT, Rhode Island)
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Alumina Tubing & Heating Elements
       International Ceramic Engineering (large bore)
       Bolt Technical Ceramics (a division of Morgan Advanced Ceramics) 
       Coors Tek 
       Ortech Advanced Ceramics (large bore)
       McDanel Ceramics
       SentroTech (ceramics, MoSi2 heating elements)
       Kanthal Globar (high temp heating elements, $300 min order)
       MHI Inc. (high temp heating elements, min order >$300?)
       Mellen Company (heating elements, rebuilds)
       Omega Engineering (temperature/termocouples/ceramics)
        see also Elemental Analysis supplies above, and your OEM.
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Gasses
       Airgas
       Oztech Trading Corporation
       Spectra Gases (high purity CO, 18O water)
       GTS Gases (CO with 18O around SMOW)
       Scott Specialty Gases
       IGX Group (Specialty, BrF5 ?)
       Advanced Research Chemicals, Inc. (BrF5 ? or try ClF3)
       Pfaltz & Bauer (rare and fine chemicals, isotopes)
Gas Handling
       Swagelok (Cajon)
       Hoke (Gyrolok)
       Parker (Parker-Hannifin, Veriflo)
       (see also chromatography)
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Vacuum Supply and Repair
       Duniway Vacuum Corp (used, refurbished).
       Capitol Vacuum (used, repair, turbo)
       A & J Vacuum Services (used, repair, turbo)
       Nor-Cal Products (seals)
       A and N Corporation (connectors)
       Alert Scientific (repair)
       Pfeiffer Vacuum (roughing, turbo, repairs)
       oerlikon Leybold vacuum systems
       Adixen (Alcatel Vacuum)
       Precision Plus Vacuum parts
       Edwards Vacuum
       Welch Vacuum
       Vacuum Pump Supply Co.
       PTB Sales (oil diffusion rebuilds)
       Varian pumps (includes diffusion)
       Kurt J. Lesker corp. and their vacuum short course
       ABBOTT Rubber CO Inc., rubber tubing/vacuum hoses
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Glass and O-Rings
       Ace
       Kimble-Chase
       ChemGlass (also via VWR)
       SP Industries (includes Wilmad and Virtis)
       Heraeus Quarzglas basic products (worldwide)
       Wale Apparatus
       Specialty Bottle
       MoreBeer (glass carboys)
       Allorings.com (o-rings, Marco Rubber)
       GM Associates, Inc.
       Wheaton Science
       Yale Chemistry Glass Shop
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Mass Spectrometers
       Thermo Scientific (MAT, CIS link)
       Thermo (brochures, application reports w/out logging in)
       IsoPrime
       IsotopX
       Scientific Inst. Services (source cleaning/rebuild filaments)
       SerCon
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Used, Repaired and Refurbished Equipment
       Labx
       Genentech (pumps, etc.)
       Compco Analytical, Inc. (GC-MS)
       Scientific Inst. Services (pump repair kits, etc.)
       Alert Scientific (repair)
       see also Spectroscopy Now
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Stable Isotopes
Stable Isotope Suppliers
       Cambridge Isotope Labs
       Spectra Gases (18O water)
       ICON Isotopes
       Omicron Biochemicals (sugars, nucleosides)
       some examples from Isogeochem site:
             Sigma Breath Test
             Los Alamos National Labs, stable isotope resource
             Campro
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Standard Materials and Information
       NIST
       NIST Light Stable Isotopes
       NIST Stable Isotopic Materials
       IAEA AQCS
       IAEA TechDoc 825
       IAEA Publications
       IAEA Stable Isotopes Catalogue
       CIAAW Isotopic Standards
       "Principles of Stable Isotope Geochemistry" 2007, Appendix A.
       USGS-reference material not stable isotopes
       USGS
       USGS publications (was viewed with DeJaVu, now PDF--see site)
       Secondary Stds:
             Indiana University Biogeochemistry (S; Zn; n-alkanes, Arndt Schimmelmann)
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General Supplies
Laboratory Supplies
       Yale Stockrooms
             Chemistry
             Kline Biology Tower (see: SciQuest)
             Medical School
             Traffic Receiving and Stores
       Yale Safety "Free Chemicals"
       also check out Yale Procurement office (ePortal/SciQuest)
       Chromatography
             Grace Davison Discovery (Alltech)
             Restek
             Scientific Inst. Services
             SGE
             Supelco
             Chromatography Research Supplies (carry ZF1V)
             CSS Analytical
             Quadrex corp.
       Chemicals
             Alfa Aesar (Lancaster) (also via VWR)
             Sigma-Aldrich-Fluka-Supelco
             Acros Organics (also via Fisher)
             EMD (Merck) (also via VWR)
             Mallinckrodt Laboratory Chemicals
       Macalaster-Bicknell (New Haven based, Yale discounts)
       VWR
       Fisher Scientific (merged with Thermo)
       Spectrum Chemical
       Cole-Parmer
       Daigger
       Thomas Scientific
       Ben Meadows
       Ward's Natural Science (Earth Science, forceps)
       SKS Science (labware, containers)
       FMI Liquid Pumps
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Industrial Supplies
       McMaster-Carr
       Grainger
       MSC Corp
       Digi-Key (electronic components)
       Ohmite (resistors)
       Darby Dental (drill supplies)
       Benco Dental
       Small Parts
       see also:  Architecture--Lab Material and Supply Page (and links within)
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Science Fairs and Fun Stuff
       Be sure to check out the Peabody Museum Store
       Steve Spangler Science
       Edmund Scientific
       Ward's Natural Science (Earth Science)
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Miscellanea
       Nafion Drying Tubes
             PermaPure
       Halogen Lamps (heaters)
             Express Lighting
             Bulbtronics
       Apple IIe
             Shreve Systems
       PC Parts
             Yale Purchasing
             Tiger Direct
             MonoPrice (Cables)
             Compuvest
       CTC Leaptech Autosampler
             Leaptec
       Micro Mill
             NewWave
       Special needles (see also Chromatography and General supplies)
             Popper and Sons
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More Stable Isotopes
Other Labs and Facilities
       USA
            
University of Vermont, Geology
                  UVM Stable Isotope Lab
             UC  Davis Stable Isotope Labs
             UC Irvine AMS facility
             CalTech  (Eiler)
             Arizona State University
             Colorado Plateau Stable Isotope Laboratory
             Cornell University Stable Isotope Center
             MBL Stable Isotope Laboratory (Woods Hole)
             SIRFER: Stable Isotope Ratio Facility for Evironmental Research
                   (Utah, Ehleringer, short courses)
             Duke's DEVIL
             Dartmouth (Earth Science Facilities)
             UMass Geosciences (Amherst)
             University of Michigan
             Penn State (Kate Freeman)
             Indiana University Biogeochemistry (S; Zn; n-alkanes, Arndt Schimmelmann)
             Isotope Geochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin (E)
             Texas A&M, College Station, G&G (plus list of other labs)
             Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory, USGS (Ty Coplen)
             USGS-Denver (Bob Rye, Craig Johnson--13C or 18O contacts)
             University of Arkansas, UASIL
             Washington State University, Stable Isotope Core
             University of Washington, Isolab
             University of Washington, Oceanography SIL
             Lehigh University
             Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution (Marilyn Fogel)
             University of Alabama
             University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology
             University of Georgia, Dept. of Geology
             University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Christopher Martens/Stephen Meyers)
             University of Florida
             University of Illinois, Dept. of Geology
             Illinois State Geological Survey, Isotope Geochemistry Section
             University of Arizona, Environmental Isotope Laboratory
             University of Arizona, Accelorator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
             Lousianna State University, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
                  OASIC, Oxy-Anion Stable Isotope Center (laser fluorination)
             Florida Int'l U., Southeastern Environ. Res. Center, SIL (FIU, Serc)
             Purdue Stable Isotope (PSI) facility
             SIREAL (Stable Isotope Ratios in the Environment, Analytical  Laboratory)
       International
             Australian National University, Stable Isotope Facility (Graham Farquhar)
             University of Toronto, Canada, Stable Isotope Lab
             University of Toronto, Canada, Geobiology (sulfur)
             Saskatchewan Isotope Laboratory (snow tunnels, software:Geodate)
             GG Hatch Isotope Labs (U. of Ottawa)
             University of Calgary Isotope Science Laboratory
             University of Edinburgh, stable isotope (micro mill)
             University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Civil Engineering and Geosciences
             NERC Isotope Geosciencs Lab (UK)
             University of Waterloo, GNIP Maps
             IsoLab (Max Planck, Willi Brand)
             IAEA Isotope Hydrology Laboratory
             Queen's University, Belfast, Environmental Engineering Research Center
             Forensic Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Network
       Commercial (check Isogeochem website too):  
             Geochemistry.Com, Laboratories
             Iso-Analytical (UK)
             GeoChron Laboratories (US, 14C, stable, etc.)
             Metabolic Solutions (US, medical research)
             ZyMax Stable Isotope Laboratory (US)
             Intertek (international, methane)
             iso-trace  (New Zealand)
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Informational Databases and Communities
       Isogeochem (website--labs, shortcourses, suppliers, etc.)
       Isogeochem (archives)
       Isogeochem Wiki
       EPA Data analysis and models for stable isotopes ("awesome", Ed)
       Water Isotopes .org
       Wikipedia (stable isotopes)
       US Geological Survey, Resources on Isotopes
             USGS Resources on Isotopes, periodic table
       Links for Mineralogists
       Standard materials and info (above)
       NIOZ Tex86 protocol (PDF file--ok, not stable isotope based)
       Geochemisty by W.M White (text book, stable isotope chapter)
       Boggy's Links (geologylinks.com, includes list of Geology Depts)
       Cornell's Geochemisty on the World Wide Web
       Nitrate isolation (USGS, silver nitrate method)
       Yale's Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center
             including its Stable Isotope Sub-core
       see also, Software/modeling/etc., below
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14C Laboratories (tracers/dating), Other Isotopes and Geochemistry, Etc.
       Geochron
       Sandia National Labs (geochemistry facilities)
       MIT Beams Labs (14C tracer)
       Radiocarbon.org (list of labs, etc.)
       Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectometry Laboratory
       PRIME (Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory)

There are also many other types of labs not listed here, including ICP-MS facilities, secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS, ion beam, etc.), and other more specialized techniques for rare but still exciting isotopes.
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More Links
Yale Facilities and Services
This is not a complete list — searching the main Yale web site or your departmental site is recommended. Yale's main website now lists academic research centers and health and medicine research. Please check with the individual facilities to see if they are open to users outside the supporting department(s) or laboratories.

       Yale Dept of Geology and Geophysics Facilities
             XRD (X-ray diffraction)
             Scanning Electron Microscope
             Yale Electron Microprobe Laboratory (G&G)
       Yale Biomaterials Working Group (and links within)
       Yale Department of Chemistry Facilities    
       Yale Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, resources
       Yale School of Forestry  and Environmental Studies Centers and Programs
             Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
             Tropical Resources Institute (PRORENA project)
             Analytical laboratory capabilities
             contact: Dr. Helmut Ernstberger
       Yale Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry research
       Yale Center for Structural Biology (CSB Core members, X-ray)
       Yale University Center for Genomics & Proteomics
             (high throughput screening, nanospray-MS-MS via Q-TOF)
       Yale Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology facilities
       YIBS Research Centers--including:
             Earth Systems Center for Stable Isotopic Studies (you're here)
             Center for Earth Observation
             EcoSave:  Molecular Systematics and Conservation Genetics...
             (DNA Analysis on Science Hill)  
       W.M.  Keck Foundation Biotechnology Resource Center
             (DNA and Protein Sequencing, Electrospray and NanoSpray MS)
       Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center including Stable Isotope Sub-core
       Yale Cancer Center, Shared Resources (Research)
       Yale School of Medicine Instrument Repair and Design Shop
       Yale Engineering (centers/facilities):
             Mechanical Engineering
             Electrical Engineering
             Environmental Engineering
             Applied Physics 
             Biomedical Engineering
             Chemical Engineering
       Gibbs Machine Shop (phone: 2-6300)
       Architecture--Lab Material and Supply Page (and links within)
       Yale School of Medicine Core Services (and links within)
       Yale Department of Cell Biology CINEMA Laboratory (microscopy)
       Yale School of Medicine Magnetic Resonance Research Center
       Peabody Museum (research)
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Software
       Yale
             G&G computing support page (access to ...yale/software)
             Yale ITS
                   Yale ITS software page
             Center for Biodiversity Conservation and Science (software)
             Yale Purchasing
             School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, resources
             Center for Earth Observation
             Yale University Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
             Department of Statistics (statlab)
             Yale Mathmatics Department (mathlinks--Applied, Computational, etc.)
             Computer Science (computer science)
             Donoghue Lab (phylodiversity)
             Raymond lab (Loadrunner, utility to automate USGS Loadtest)
             Rye/Bolton lab (modeling fluid flow in rocks, etc.)
                   Crustal Fluid home page
             see also, Stable Isotope resources, above.
       Others
             GeoWall (looks cool)
             Mann (Penn State) Holocene tools
             CourseWare (simulators)
             OpenOffice
             Google Earth (download program, high speed connection needed)
             Google Moon
             Google Mars  
             Wiki--make your own (our manual is now online)
            other wiki sites/info:  SourceForge, Wikipedia
       "Free" Compilers, Emulators, OS, Tools
             FreeDos
             Linux info
             FreeBSD
             e-Emulators
             Digital Mars  (not the planet--C++ and D compilers)
             Free Byte guide to free progamming
             Perl
             theFreeCountry programming tools
             the R project (statistical programming--it comes after S)
             Kompozer (webpage authoring)
             SourceForge
Programs and Funding
       Global Climate and Energy Project
       nsf (National Science Foundation, US)
       NIH (National Institutes of Health)
       DOE (Department of Energy)
       Yale programs
             Donnelly Environmental Fellows (YIBS)


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