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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
Volume 361, Issue -, Pages 387-391Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.03.034
Keywords
IRMS; AMS; Radiocarbon dating; Gaseous samples; Ion source
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- Italian Ministry for Research and Education through the IT@CHA project
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We present the general design features and preliminary performances of a new system for the simultaneous AMS-C-14 and IRMS delta C-13 and delta N-15 measurements on samples with masses in the mu g range. The system consists of an elemental analyzer (EA), a gas splitting unit (GSU), a IRMS system, a gas handling interface (GUI) and a sputtering ion source capable of accepting gaseous samples. A detailed description of the system and of the control software supporting unattended operation are presented together with the first performance tests carried out by analyzing samples with masses ranging from 8 mu gC to 2.4 mgC. The performances of the system were tested in term of stability of the ion beam extracted from the ion source, precision and accuracy of the results by comparing the measured isotopic ratios with those expected for reference materials. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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