scholarly journals A High-Performance 14C Accelerator Mass Spectrometry System

Radiocarbon ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
M L Roberts ◽  
J R Burton ◽  
K L Elder ◽  
B E Longworth ◽  
C P McIntyre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Precision Measurements ◽  
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ◽  
Optical Elements ◽  
Mass Spectrometry System ◽  
And Performance ◽  
New System

A new and unique radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility has been constructed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The defining characteristic of the new system is its large-gap optical elements that provide a larger-than-standard beam acceptance. Such a system is ideally suited for high-throughput, high-precision measurements of 14C. Details and performance of the new system are presented.

scholarly journals The Hvee 14C System at Groningen

Radiocarbon ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 649-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Gottdang ◽  
Dirk J. W. Mous ◽  
Johannes Van Der Plicht
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Performance Measurements ◽  
System Description ◽  
Accelerator Mass Spectrometer ◽  
And Performance ◽  
High Voltage Engineering ◽  
New Generation

Since May 1994, a new-generation accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) has been fully operational at the Centre for Isotope Research in Groningen, The Netherlands. The fully automated and high-throughput accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system, manufactured by High Voltage Engineering Europa (HVEE) is dedicated to radiocarbon analysis. The HVEE 4130 14C AMS is able to analyze up to 3000 samples per year. The system is characterized by simultaneous transport of all three isotopes (12C, 13C, 14C) and 14C analysis with a precision below 0.5 pMC and a daily stability below 0.5 pMC. We present here a system description together with stability and performance measurements.

scholarly journals A High-Throughput, Low-Cost Method for Analysis of Carbonate Samples for 14C

Radiocarbon ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 585-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark L Roberts ◽  
Steven R Beaupré ◽  
Joshua R Burton
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Cost Analysis ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Organic Material ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ◽  
Ocean Sciences ◽  
Better Than

The National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) facility at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has developed an automated system for high-throughput, low-cost analysis of radiocarbon in carbonate samples (e.g. corals, carbonaceous sediments, speleothems, etc.). The method bypasses graphitization and pretreatment, and reduces costs to about 1/5th the price of a graphite-based 14C carbonate analysis, with a throughput of 60 unknowns per day and an analytical precision of better than 2%. Additionally, a simple mixing experiment indicated that extensive cleaning of carbonate samples to remove organic material is not necessary.

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