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Systematic Investigations of 14C Measurements at the Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Werner Rom ,
Robin Golser ,
Walter Kutschera ,
Alfred Priller ,
Peter Steier  and
Eva Wild
Werner Rom
Affiliation:
Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, Institut für Radiumforschung und Kernphysik Universität Wien, Währinger Strasse 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Robin Golser
Affiliation:
Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, Institut für Radiumforschung und Kernphysik Universität Wien, Währinger Strasse 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Walter Kutschera
Affiliation:
Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, Institut für Radiumforschung und Kernphysik Universität Wien, Währinger Strasse 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Alfred Priller
Affiliation:
Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, Institut für Radiumforschung und Kernphysik Universität Wien, Währinger Strasse 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Peter Steier
Affiliation:
Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, Institut für Radiumforschung und Kernphysik Universität Wien, Währinger Strasse 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Eva Wild
Affiliation:
Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, Institut für Radiumforschung und Kernphysik Universität Wien, Währinger Strasse 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Abstract

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A newly operating accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility such as VERA has to go through an extensive testing phase in order to establish optimal conditions for 14C measurements, especially in the field of archaeological samples where an overall precision of 0.5% is desirable.

We discuss the results of our measurements at the milligram carbon level as they relate to long-term stability, reproducibility, precision and isotope fractionation.

Type
Part 1: Methods
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 40 , Issue 1: 16th International Radiocarbon Conference 16-20,1997 Groningen , 1997 , pp. 255 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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