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LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING (LSC)—PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2021

Alan G Hogg Open the ORCID record for Alan G Hogg [Opens in a new window]  and
Gordon T Cook Open the ORCID record for Gordon T Cook [Opens in a new window]
Alan G Hogg*
Affiliation:
School of Science, Division of Health, Engineering, Computing and Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Gordon T Cook*
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride, Scotland
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*Corresponding authors. Emails: alan.hogg@waikato.ac.nz; gordon.cook@glasgow.ac.uk
*Corresponding authors. Emails: alan.hogg@waikato.ac.nz; gordon.cook@glasgow.ac.uk
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Abstract

Radiocarbon (14C) dating by liquid scintillation (LS) spectroscopy (also known as LS counting or LSC) provides an alternate method of 14C analysis where accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) analysis is less desirable. The past, present, and future applications of the method are discussed.

Keywords

liquid scintillation countingliquid scintillation spectroscopy

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Radiocarbon , Volume 64 , Issue 3: Seven Decades of Radiocarbon Dating: Remembering the Pioneers & Looking Towards the Future. Part 1 of 2 , June 2022 , pp. 541 - 554
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona

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