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Accelerator Mass Spectrometry of 14C at the Australian National University

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

L. K. Fifield ,
G. L. Allan ,
T. R. Ophel  and
M. J. Head
L. K. Fifield
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, ACT 2601 Australia
G. L. Allan
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, ACT 2601 Australia
T. R. Ophel
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, ACT 2601 Australia
M. J. Head
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Laboratory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University
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Abstract

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A 14C measurement capability has been developed on the 14UD accelerator at the Australian National University. At present, this system operates on a medium-precision, low-throughput basis with slow cycling between isotopes. We describe unusual features of the system, and review preliminary experience with this mode of operation, in sample preparation, and with a recently installed injection system.

Type
I. Sample Preparation and Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 34 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the 14th International Radiocarbon Conference , 1992 , pp. 452 - 457
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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