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14C AMS measurement of CO2 samples with the high throughput HVE gas interface system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2024

G Scognamiglio Open the ORCID record for G Scognamiglio [Opens in a new window] ,
M Klein ,
A Stolz ,
R Walet Open the ORCID record for R Walet [Opens in a new window]  and
D Mous
G Scognamiglio*
Affiliation:
High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V., 3812 RR Amersfoort, Netherlands
M Klein
Affiliation:
High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V., 3812 RR Amersfoort, Netherlands
A Stolz
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
R Walet
Affiliation:
High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V., 3812 RR Amersfoort, Netherlands
D Mous
Affiliation:
High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V., 3812 RR Amersfoort, Netherlands
*
Corresponding author: G Scognamiglio; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The newly designed HVE gas interface enables the AMS measurement of carbon samples in CO2 form. The CO2, e.g. resulting from the sample combustion in an elemental analyzer, is adsorbed in a zeolite trap and subsequently transferred to a motor-driven syringe. Once diluted with He, the gas mixture is transferred into the ion source of the AMS system. A carbon ion beam is formed in the ion source and mass-analyzed by the AMS system, resulting in 13C/12C and 14C/12C isotopic ratios. The HVE gas interface features two traps and two syringes to maximize the sample throughput, which results in more than 10 samples per hour. The first performance results of CO2 gas sample AMS measurements that were performed with the HVE gas interface in combination with the HVE 210 kV AMS system are presented in this paper. The measurements show that the gas interface contribution to the 14C/12C background is in the 10–15 level and to the precision is at or below 1%.

Keywords

Gas AMS samplesradiocarbonradiocarbon AMS
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Radiocarbon , First View , pp. 1 - 8
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of University of Arizona

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Selected Papers from the 2nd Latin American Radiocarbon Conference, Mexico City, 4–8 Sept. 2023

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