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Isotopes, Inc. Radiocarbon Measurements I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Alan Walton ,
Milton A. Trautman  and
James P. Friend
Alan Walton
Affiliation:
Isotopes, Incorporated, Westwood, New Jersey
Milton A. Trautman
Affiliation:
Isotopes, Incorporated, Westwood, New Jersey
James P. Friend
Affiliation:
Isotopes, Incorporated, Westwood, New Jersey
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Radiocarbon analyses have been performed at Isotopes, Inc. since 1957 using proportional-counting techniques. Carbon dioxide is employed as the counting gas at pressures up to two atmospheres. The counter presently in service is electrolytic copper and has an active volume of just under two liters. It is shielded by one in. of mercury, a ring of 23 G-M counters operated in anti-coincidence with the sample counter, 4 in. of paraffin wax, and 18 in. of hot-rolled steel. A background of 9.2 counts/min has been attained with this arrangement.

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Research Article
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 3 , 1961 , pp. 47 - 59
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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