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Commissioning of a Quantulus 1220™ Liquid Scintillation Beta Spectrometer for Measuring 14C and 3H at Natural Abundance Levels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Jacek Pawlyta ,
Anna Pazdur ,
Andrzej Z. Rakowski ,
Brian F. Miller  and
Douglas D. Harkness
Jacek Pawlyta
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Silesian Technical University, Krzywoustego 2, PL-44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Anna Pazdur
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Silesian Technical University, Krzywoustego 2, PL-44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Andrzej Z. Rakowski
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Silesian Technical University, Krzywoustego 2, PL-44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Brian F. Miller
Affiliation:
NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory, NEL Technology Park, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 0QU, Scotland
Douglas D. Harkness
Affiliation:
NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory, NEL Technology Park, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 0QU, Scotland
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In 1994, the Gliwice Radiocarbon Laboratory began operating a liquid scintillation spectrometry system, consisting of a Quantulus 1220™ spectrometer and two vacuum rigs for benzene production. This paper describes the procedures used for the benzene synthesis from samples containing < 1 g of carbon and in the range 1 to 10 g of carbon. We also present the Quantulus calibration procedures used in the Gliwice Radiocarbon Laboratory and NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory, and compare the calibration parameters.

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Type
Part 1: Methods
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 40 , Issue 1: 16th International Radiocarbon Conference 16-20,1997 Groningen , 1997 , pp. 201 - 209
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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