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A Procedure for the Preparation of Benzene from 14C Nbs Oxalic Acid Standard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

G. E. Calf
G. E. Calf*
Affiliation:
Isotope Division, Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Sutherland, Australia, 2232
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Abstract

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A simple procedure for the conversion of 14C NBS oxalic acid standard to benzene without direct combustion or wet oxidation is reported. Fractionation in the synthesized benzene was not detected.

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Research Article
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , 1978 , pp. 169 - 170
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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