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We report a methodology for the determination of the stable carbon absolute isotope ratio of a glycine candidate reference material with natural carbon isotopic composition using EA-IRMS. For the first time, stable carbon absolute isotope ratios have been reported using continuous flow rather than dual inlet isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Also for the first time, a calibration strategy based on the use of synthetic mixtures gravimetrically prepared from well characterised, highly 13C-enriched and 13C-depleted glycines was developed for EA-IRMS calibration and generation of absolute carbon isotope ratio values traceable to the SI through calibration standards of known purity. A second calibration strategy based on converting the more typically determined delta values on the Vienna PeeDee Belemnite (VPDB) scale using literature values for the absolute carbon isotope ratio of VPDB itself was used for comparison. Both calibration approaches provided results consistent with those previously reported for the same natural glycine using MC-ICP-MS; absolute carbon ratios of 10,649?×-0? with an expanded uncertainty (k--) of 24?×-0? and 10,646?×-0? with an expanded uncertainty (k--) of 88?×-0? were obtained, respectively. The absolute carbon isotope ratio of the VPDB standard was found to be 11,115?×-0? with an expanded uncertainty (k--) of 27?×-0?, which is in excellent agreement with previously published values. Figure ?/em>