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Microwave Oven Pretreatment of Carbonates for 14C Dating by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

David C Lowe ,
Gordon W Brailsford  and
Gregory W Drummond
David C Lowe
Affiliation:
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Gordon W Brailsford
Affiliation:
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Gregory W Drummond
Affiliation:
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Abstract

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A microwave oven is used to pretreat carbonate samples prior to graphitization and radiocarbon dating by accelerator mass spectrometry. The method reduces the risk of contamination of small carbonate samples and provides a fast and convenient method for the acid evolution of CO2.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , 1988 , pp. 385 - 387
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science

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