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Performance Test of a New Graphite Target Production Facility in ATOMKI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

L Rinyu ,
I Futó ,
Á Z Kiss ,
M Molnár ,
É Svingor ,
G Quarta  and
L Calcagnile
L Rinyu*
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), 4026 Debrecen, Bern tér 18/c, Hungary
I Futó
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), 4026 Debrecen, Bern tér 18/c, Hungary
Á Z Kiss
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), 4026 Debrecen, Bern tér 18/c, Hungary
M Molnár
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), 4026 Debrecen, Bern tér 18/c, Hungary
É Svingor
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), 4026 Debrecen, Bern tér 18/c, Hungary
G Quarta
Affiliation:
CEDAD, Department of Engineering of Innovation, University of Lecce, Italy
L Calcagnile
Affiliation:
CEDAD, Department of Engineering of Innovation, University of Lecce, Italy
*
Corresponding author. Email: rinyu@namafia.atomki.hu
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Abstract

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We present our new graphite target production system, developed in the Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating measurements. The system consists of a gas handling line and a graphite target production system. Results of AMS measurements, stable isotope mass spectrometry measurements, and gravimetric/pressure yield determinations have been used to find the proper conditions for the graphitization process. We have also investigated the 14C contamination and the memory effect of the system during the graphitization processes. This paper covers the details of these experiments and a discussion of the results.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 2007 , pp. 217 - 224
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Copyright © 2007 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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