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New Possibilities for 14C Measurements by Liquid Scintillation Counting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Ramon Aravena,
Robert R Drimmie,
Riffat M Qureshi,
Roger McNeely and
Sandy Fabris
Ramon Aravena
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3G1
Robert R Drimmie
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3G1
Roger McNeely
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1AOE8
Sandy Fabris
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3G1
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Abstract

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Results of intercomparison tests are presented on samples analyzed using gas and liquid scintillation techniques to study the capability of the LKB Quantulus to count an organic solution used for direct absorption of CO2 and samples with low carbon content. Good agreement was obtained for small samples compared to standard sample size and for the direct absorption compared with the traditional techniques.

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Type
I. Sample Preparation and Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 31 , Issue 3: June 20-25, 1988 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia , 1989, pp. 387 - 392
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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