COMMISSIONING OF A QUANTULUS 1220(TM) LIQUID SCINTILLATION BETA-SPECTROMETER FOR MEASURING C-14 AND H-3 AT NATURAL-ABUNDANCE LEVELS

Authors
PAWLYTA J PAZDUR A RAKOWSKI AZ MILLER BF HARKNESS DD
Citation
J. Pawlyta et al., COMMISSIONING OF A QUANTULUS 1220(TM) LIQUID SCINTILLATION BETA-SPECTROMETER FOR MEASURING C-14 AND H-3 AT NATURAL-ABUNDANCE LEVELS, Radiocarbon, 40(1), 1998, pp. 201-209
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics
Journal title
Radiocarbon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338222
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Pages
201 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8222(1998)40:1<201:COAQ1L>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
In 1994, the Gliwice Radiocarbon Laboratory began operating a liquid s cintillation spectrometry system, consisting of a Quantulus 1220(TM) s pectrometer and two vacuum rigs for benzene production. This paper des cribes the procedures used for the benzene synthesis from samples cont aining <1 g of carbon and in the range 1 to 10 g of carbon. We also pr esent the Quantulus calibration procedures used in the Gliwice Radioca rbon Laboratory and NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory, and compare the calib ration parameters.