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A Beta-Counting System Linked to a Personal Computer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Kunio Omoto
Kunio Omoto*
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Department of Geography, College of Humanities and Sciences Nihon University, 25–40, 3-Chome, Sakurajosui, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo 156 Japan
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Abstract

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The automatic β-counting system plays a significant role in obtaining high-level reproducibility and reliability in conventional radiocarbon dating. I review here the results achieved by using the “Fully Automatic Radiocarbon Dating System” developed by Omoto (1982). Since setting up the system in 1981, I was able not only to save operator time in β counting, but also to obtain accurate dates with only minimal uncertainties. Another positive result was the introduction of the automatic voltage correction program, which produced excellent results for counting sample materials over a long period.

Type
V. Advances in Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , 1995 , pp. 767 - 772
Copyright
Copyright © the Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona 

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