SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS OF C-14 MEASUREMENTS AT THE VIENNA ENVIRONMENTAL-RESEARCH ACCELERATOR

Authors
ROM W GOLSER R KUTSCHERA W PRILLER A STEIER P WILD E
Citation
W. Rom et al., SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS OF C-14 MEASUREMENTS AT THE VIENNA ENVIRONMENTAL-RESEARCH ACCELERATOR, Radiocarbon, 40(1), 1998, pp. 255-263
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics
Journal title
Radiocarbon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338222
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Pages
255 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8222(1998)40:1<255:SIOCMA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A newly operating accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility such as VERA has to go through an extensive testing phase in order to establi sh optimal conditions for C-14 measurements, especially in the field o f archaeological samples where an overall precision of 0.5% is desirab le. We discuss the results of our measurements at the milligram carbon level as they relate to long-term stability, reproducibility, precisi on and isotope fractionation.