High-resolution accelerator-based mass spectrometry: Precision, accuracy and background

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 623-629

  Calcagnile, L ^a   Quarta, G ^a   D'Elia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Accuracy; Background.; Precision; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROUGHPUT;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY (AMS); ARCHAEOLOGY; HIGH-SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13444274383     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.08.047     Document Type: Article

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