A versatile gas interface for routine radiocarbon analysis with a gas ion source

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

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 315-319

  Wacker, L ^a   Fahrni, S M ^b,c   Hajdas, I ^a   Molnar, M ^a,d   Synal, H A ^a   Szidat, S ^b   Zhang, Y L ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; AMS; Gas ion source; Radiocarbon; Small samples

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AMS; GAS ION SOURCE; RADIOCARBON; SMALL SAMPLES;

BOTTLES; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; HELIUM; ION SOURCES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PHOSPHORIC ACID; QUARTZ; SYRINGES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84870905640     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.02.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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