Radiocarbon Dating Using Electrostatic Accelerators: Negative Ions Provide the Key
- 4 November 1977
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 198 (4316) , 508-510
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.198.4316.508
Abstract
Mass spectrometric methods have long been suggested as ways of measuring 14C/12C ratios for carbon dating. One problem has been to distinguish between 14N and 14C. With negative ions and a tandem electrostatic accelerator, the 14N background is virtually absent and fewer than three 14C atoms in 1016 atoms of 12C have been easily measured.Keywords
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