A novel approach to process carbonate samples for radiocarbon measurements with helium carrier gas

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

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 214-217

  Wacker, L ^a   Fulop R H ^b   Hajdas, I ^a   Molnar M ^a,c   Rethemeyer, J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; AMS; Carbonates; Graphitization; Helium; Radiocarbon; Sample preparation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACID DECOMPOSITION; AMS; CARRIER GAS; DOUBLE-WALLED; ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS; GLASS TUBES; HELIUM ATMOSPHERE; HELIUM FLOW; HIGH VACUUM; LABOR INTENSIVE; ORGANIC SAMPLES; RADIOCARBON; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEALED TUBES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION;

AUTOMATION; CARBONATES; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SAMPLING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84870944784     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.08.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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