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Hannover Radiocarbon Measurements III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Mebus A. Geyh
Affiliation:
Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung, Hannover
Heinrich Schneekloth
Affiliation:
Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung, Hannover
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The following list covers the measurements in our institute from January 1962 to March 1963. Sample preparation and conversion into acetylene are described by Wendt, Schneekloth and Budde (1962).

An Oeschger counter with an effective volume of 1.5 L came into operation in 1962. It is shielded by 4 cm of iron and 10 cm of lead. The background amounts to 2.24 cpm, the standard C14 counting-rate 17.05 cpm. In routine measurements, the impure acetylene, after a four-week storing period, is put into the counters. Examination of purity of the gas is carried out by means of an external Cs137 source. In case the gas shows bad plateau characteristics, it is converted by a new process into ethane, using H2 and a palladium catalyst. Thereby, the plateau characteristics improve considerably. The 50%-voltage then is 200 v lower, the slope of the plateau only amounts to 0.2 %/100 v (with external source), and the plateau length increases from 600 v to 1200 v. The additional work amounts to 1/2 hour.

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