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The Hvee 14C System at Groningen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Andreas Gottdang ,
Dirk J. W. Mous  and
Johannes Van Der Plicht
Andreas Gottdang
Affiliation:
High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V., Postbus 99, 3800 AB Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Dirk J. W. Mous
Affiliation:
High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V., Postbus 99, 3800 AB Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Johannes Van Der Plicht
Affiliation:
Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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Since May 1994, a new-generation accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) has been fully operational at the Centre for Isotope Research in Groningen, The Netherlands. The fully automated and high-throughput accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system, manufactured by High Voltage Engineering Europa (HVEE) is dedicated to radiocarbon analysis. The HVEE 4130 14C AMS is able to analyze up to 3000 samples per year. The system is characterized by simultaneous transport of all three isotopes (12C, 13C, 14C) and 14C analysis with a precision below 0.5 pMC and a daily stability below 0.5 pMC. We present here a system description together with stability and performance measurements.

Type
V. Advances in Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , 1995 , pp. 649 - 656
Copyright
Copyright © the Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona 

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