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TESTING THE METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF RADIOCARBON CONTENT IN LIQUID FUELS IN THE GLIWICE RADIOCARBON AND MASS SPECTROMETRY LABORATORY

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Jean Baptiste Baranyika Open the ORCID record for Jean Baptiste Baranyika [Opens in a new window] ,
Natalia Piotrowska Open the ORCID record for Natalia Piotrowska [Opens in a new window] ,
Marzena Kłusek Open the ORCID record for Marzena Kłusek [Opens in a new window] ,
Adam Michczyński  and
Jacek Pawlyta Open the ORCID record for Jacek Pawlyta [Opens in a new window]
Jean Baptiste Baranyika*
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics - Centre for Science and Education, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Natalia Piotrowska
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics - Centre for Science and Education, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Marzena Kłusek
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics - Centre for Science and Education, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Adam Michczyński
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics - Centre for Science and Education, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Jacek Pawlyta
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics - Centre for Science and Education, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of General Geology and Geotourism, Krakow, Poland
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Determining the biocomponents in liquid fuels using radiocarbon radioisotope (14C) dating requires sample preparation adaptations to the conditions of the Gliwice Radiocarbon and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory. Liquid scintillation counting (LSC), and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) were investigated using six samples, including one 14C-free fuel and modern hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). For AMS, samples were prepared using tin capsules for liquids for EA combustion and graphitization in an AGE system. For LSC, liquid fuels were prepared by mixing with purified preheated sand and a benzene synthesis line. Benzene resublimation was also tested. IRMS measurements were also conducted for benzene to account for isotopic fractionation. Sample background measurements using both methods showed good performances by both AMS and LSC without resublimation. Comparable results were also obtained for HVO.

Keywords

AMScarbon isotopesliquid fuelsLSCradiocarbon
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Conference Paper
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Radiocarbon , Volume 64 , Issue 6: 3rd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference Gliwice, Poland, July 5–9, 2021 , December 2022 , pp. 1447 - 1456
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press for the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona

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Selected Papers from the 3rd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference, Gliwice, Poland, 5–9 July 2021

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