Ultra small-mass graphitization by sealed tube zinc reduction method for ams 14C measurements

Radiocarbon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 608-616

  Xu, Xiao Mei ^a   Gao, Pan ^a,b   Salamanca, Eric G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

14C, AMS, Graphitization, Zinc reduction

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; PRECISION; REDUCTION; ZINC;

CALIFORNIA; IRVINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884403153     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16408     Document Type: Article

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