Quality assurance in accelerator mass spectrometry: Results from an international round-robin exercise for 10Be

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 289, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-73

  Merchel, S ^a,b   Bremser, W ^c   Akhmadaliev, S ^a   Arnold, M ^b   Aumaitre G ^b   Bourles D L ^b   Braucher, R ^b   Caffee, M ^d   Christl, M ^e   Fifield, L K ^f   Finkel, R C ^b,g   Freeman, S P H T ^h   Ruiz Gomez A ⁱ   Kubik, P W ^e   Martschini, M ^j   Rood, D H ^g,h   Tims, S G ^f   Wallner, A ^f,j   Wilcken, K M ^h   Xu, S ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CENTRO NACIONAL DE ACELERADORES   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Calibration; Cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating; Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides (TCN)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CALIBRATION MATERIALS; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; IN-SITU; LONG-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES; ROUND ROBIN; TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES;

CALIBRATION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 84867148218     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.07.038     Document Type: Article

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