Technical note: Inexpensive modification of Exetainers for the reliable storage of trace-level hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas samples

Nauer, Philipp A.; Chiri, Eleonora; Jirapanjawat, Thanavit; Greening, Chris; Cook, Perran L. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-729-2021

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-729-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-729-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Technical note

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29 Jan 2021

Technical note |

| 29 Jan 2021

Technical note: Inexpensive modification of Exetainers for the reliable storage of trace-level hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas samples

Philipp A. Nauer, Eleonora Chiri, Thanavit Jirapanjawat, Chris Greening, and Perran L. M. Cook

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RC1: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Author Response to RC1, Anonymous Referee #1', Philipp A. Nauer, 24 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Review of “Technical Note: Inexpensive modification of Exetainers for the reliable storage of trace-level hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas samples” by Nauer et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Author Response to RC2, Anonymous Referee 2', Philipp A. Nauer, 24 Nov 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (02 Dec 2020) by Andreas Richter

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ED: Publish as is (03 Dec 2020) by Andreas Richter

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Hydrogen (H₂) and carbon monoxide (CO) are atmospheric trace gases cycled via microbial metabolisms. We observed strong H₂ and CO contamination from rubber septa used to seal common gas sample storage vials. Here we propose a simple and inexpensive modification of such vials to allow reliable storage of H₂, CO and methane trace-gas samples for timescales of weeks to months, thus enabling extensive field campaigns to investigate H₂ and CO biogeochemistry in remote areas.