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Zagrada—The New Zagreb Radiocarbon Database

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Antun Portner ,
Bogomil Obelić  and
Ines Krajcar Bronić
Antun Portner
Affiliation:
Rudjer Bošković Institute, P.O. Box 180, Zagreb, Croatia
Bogomil Obelić*
Affiliation:
Rudjer Bošković Institute, P.O. Box 180, Zagreb, Croatia
Ines Krajcar Bronić
Affiliation:
Rudjer Bošković Institute, P.O. Box 180, Zagreb, Croatia
*
Corresponding author. Email: Bogomil.Obelic@irb.hr.
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Abstract

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After introducing the liquid scintillation counting (LSC) method and graphite target preparation for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements in the Zagreb Radiocarbon Laboratory, the existing database software designed only for gas proportional counting (GPC) (using a DOS operating system) could not satisfy the requirements for parallel conduction of several techniques. This has been enabled recently by the development of the new relational database ZAGRADA, which—using SQL scripts and constraints defined by primary and foreign keys—enforces high data integrity and provides better performances in data filtering and sorting. The structural scheme of this database conceptually comprises 4 basic modules with data on the samples, chemical pretreatment and preparation, measurements and data on the final results. A user-friendly graphical user interface has been designed to perform various actions and data manipulation to the database. The implementation of a new database for 14C samples has significant contribution to scientific research performed in the Radiocarbon and Tritium Laboratory and to quality assurance and quality control, and will enable better and easier communication with customers.

Type
Calibration, Data Analysis, and Statistical Methods
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 52 , Issue 3: 20th Int. Radiocarbon Conference Proceedings , 2010 , pp. 941 - 947
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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