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Radiocarbon Dating in the Vernadsky Institute I-IV

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

A. P. Vinogradov ,
A. L. Devirts ,
E. I. Dobkina  and
N. G. Markova
A. P. Vinogradov
Affiliation:
V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moscow
A. L. Devirts
Affiliation:
V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moscow
E. I. Dobkina
Affiliation:
V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moscow
N. G. Markova
Affiliation:
V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moscow
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Results of absolute age determination by the radiocarbon method, obtained in the Radiocarbon Laboratory of the Vernadsky Institute are given in this article. The counting of natural C14 activity was realized by measuring the gaseous carbon compounds—CO2 and C2H6—with the aid of a proportional counter. Investigation objects were wood, peat, coal, plant and animal remains and other organic material. All samples were preliminarily treated with hot 2% NaOH and 5% HCl to remove foreign humic acid and carbonate. Carbon dioxide, which was obtained after burning, was freed of electronegative admixtures by purification with the aid of CaO. Ethane was synthesized from the sample carbon through the following stages: natural sample→CO2→CaCO3→CaC2→C2H2→C2H6. The counting gas was let into the counter up to a pressure of 2 atm. Counters of stainless steel or copper of different volumes from 0.5 to 2 litres were used. The screening of the counters was effected by steel (24 cm thick) and mercury (2.5 cm thick) shields; the counter together with the mercury shield was enclosed in a circle of Geiger counters of the GS-60 type arranged in anti-coincidence. A detailed description of the methods, the constructions and the apparatus has been published (Vinogradov, Devirts, Dobkina, Markova, Martishchenko, 1961).

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Radiocarbon , Volume 8 , 1966 , pp. 292 - 323
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