Abstract
A joint project was undertaken by the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) Atmospheric Chemistry Group and University of Arizona (UoA) Tandem Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Group to develop and evaluate accelerator **1**4C measurements of 50-1000 mu g carbon samples at a modest accuracy of 5-10%. Fe-C alloy targets prepared from standards and samples averaged 1. 6 mu A **1**2C** minus current. **1**4C measuremets yielded 5% precision and accuracy, limited by a blank equivalent to 11% modern carbon for targets containing approx. 100 mu g carbon. The contamination level was estimated to be approx. 15 mu g contemporary carbon (current atmospheric **1**4C). These results demonstrated that the Fe-C target is quite suitable for atmospheric and environmental studies that require measuring fossil/biogenic carbon in microgram samples.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | B5/2 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms |
Volume | 233 |
State | Published - Nov 1984 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Accel Mass Spectrom, Proc of the 3rd Int Symp - Duration: Apr 10 1984 → Apr 13 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Instrumentation