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An Accelerator-Based Radioisotope Measuring System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9242660 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth H Purser, Reuel B Liebert, Carl J Russo |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 794-806 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radiocarbon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0033822200010171 |
| OpenAlex | W2477165707 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
A description is given of an accelerator-based radioisotope measuring system, being supplied to the Universities of Arizona and Toronto and in part to the University of Oxford. This system will be capable of measuring 14 C/ 12 C and 13 C/ 12 C ratios in milligram samples of cracked acetylene. At present 200 μ g of carbon obtained from cracked acetylene appears to be adequate for an isotopic ratio determination. Previous performance and new calculations indicate that a precision better than 1 percent will be achieved in a half-hour period only limited by counting statistics. A precision of 0.2 percent will be obtained in a ten-hour period. Using a carbon sample with an age greater than 60,000 years, the measured background 14 C/ 12 C ratio will be less than 0.07 percent of modern
Accelerator mass spectrometry · Acetylene · Archaeology · Carbon fibers · Carbon-14 · Isotope · Isotopic ratio · Nuclear physics · Physics · Radiocarbon dating · Radiochemistry · Chemistry · Environmental Science · History · Materials Science · Nuclear Physics and Applications · Particle Detector Development and Performance · Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies · Environmental Chemistry
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 2013 (34) |
| Highly cited | No |