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Radiometric Dating with the University of Washington Tandem Van De Graaff Accelerator*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

G W Farwell ,
T P Schaad ,
F H Schmidt ,
M-Y B Tsang ,
P M Grootes  and
Minze Stuiver
G W Farwell
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Laboratory
T P Schaad
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Laboratory
F H Schmidt
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Laboratory
M-Y B Tsang
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Laboratory
P M Grootes
Affiliation:
Quaternary Isotope Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
Minze Stuiver
Affiliation:
Quaternary Isotope Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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Abstract

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The University of Washington Model FN tandem Van de Graaff accelerator is being used for the measurement of extremely small isotopic abundance ratios, notably 14C/12C and 10Be/9Be, in a joint project of the Nuclear Physics Laboratory (NPL) and the Quaternary Isotope Laboratory (QL). The experimental arrangements and technical developments are described, and some preliminary results on isotopic ratios in carbon and beryllium are presented.

Type
Accelerator Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 22 , Issue 3: Heidelberg , 1980 , pp. 838 - 849
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science

Footnotes

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Work supported in part by the Graduate School Research Fund of the University of Washington, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation

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