Accuracy and Precision in Dating Microgram Carbon Samples
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Radiocarbon
- Vol. 31 (2) , 145-149
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200044799
Abstract
The accuracy of AMS radiocarbon determinations on very small samples has been tested by measuring a suite of microgram-sized samples of a known-age material. The total measurement precision for the smallest sample (50μg) was found to be ± 3% and the precision improved with larger sample size. The accuracies of the measurements were found to be within the measurement precisions.Keywords
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