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Results of Tests and Measurements from the Nsf Regional Accelerator Facility for Radioisotope Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

D J Donahue
Affiliation:
University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721
T H Zabel
Affiliation:
University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721
A J T Jull
Affiliation:
University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721
P E Damon
Affiliation:
University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721
K H Purser
Affiliation:
General Ionex Corporation Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950
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Abstract

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Tests of performance of the tandem accelerator mass spectrometer at the NSF Regional Facility at the University of Arizona are discussed. Results of measurements on some tree rings and on some archaeologic samples are presented.

Type
VIII. Technical Aspects of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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