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Progress in Radiocarbon Dating with the Chalk River MP Tandem Accelerator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

H R Andrews
Affiliation:
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario K0J 1J0, Canada
G C Ball
Affiliation:
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario K0J 1J0, Canada
R M Brown
Affiliation:
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario K0J 1J0, Canada
W G Davies
Affiliation:
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario K0J 1J0, Canada
Yoshio Imahori
Affiliation:
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario K0J 1J0, Canada
J C D Milton
Affiliation:
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario K0J 1J0, Canada
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Abstract

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The evolution of a tandem accelerator 14C dating system at Chalk River is recounted. Background problems and sources of instability are discussed and solutions are described. Details of sample chemistry and source preparation are presented.

Type
Accelerator Techniques
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science

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