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Quantifying Background Components of Low-Level Gas Proportional Counters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Páll Theodórsson
Páll Theodórsson*
Affiliation:
Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhaga 3, 170 IS-Reykjavík, Iceland
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Abstract

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I discuss background components of low-level gas proportional counters and show how each component can be estimated based on available data. For more reliable background analysis, further studies are suggested. Based on new information, a generation of low-level gas proportional counting systems for radiocarbon dating may emerge with lower and more predictable background.

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Type
I. Sample Preparation and Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 34 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the 14th International Radiocarbon Conference , 1992, pp. 420 - 427
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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