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Design, Construction and Calibration of A High Accuracy Carbon-14 Counting Set up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

P P Tans
Affiliation:
Physics Laboratory, Department of Isotope Physics, University of Groningen Westersingel 34, 9718 CM, Groningen, The Netherlands
W G Mook
Affiliation:
Physics Laboratory, Department of Isotope Physics, University of Groningen Westersingel 34, 9718 CM, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Abstract

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The construction and performance of a proportional CO2 counter system is described by which an over-all accuracy is obtained of 1.3‰ after a two-day counting period.

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Research Article
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