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Status Report of the New AMS 14C Sample Preparation Lab of the Hertelendi Laboratory of Environmental Studies (Debrecen, Hungary)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

M Molnár ,
R Janovics ,
I Major ,
J Orsovszki ,
R Gönczi ,
M Veres ,
A G Leonard ,
S M Castle ,
T E Lange  and
L Wacker
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M Molnár*
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary
R Janovics
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary Isotoptech Zrt, Debrecen, Hungary
I Major
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary Isotoptech Zrt, Debrecen, Hungary
J Orsovszki
Affiliation:
Isotoptech Zrt, Debrecen, Hungary
R Gönczi
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary
M Veres
Affiliation:
Isotoptech Zrt, Debrecen, Hungary
A G Leonard
Affiliation:
NSF Arizona AMS Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
S M Castle
Affiliation:
NSF Arizona AMS Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
T E Lange
Affiliation:
NSF Arizona AMS Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
L Wacker
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics, ETHZ, Zürich, Switzerland
I Hajdas
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics, ETHZ, Zürich, Switzerland
A J T Jull
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary NSF Arizona AMS Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
*
2Corresponding author. Email: molnar.mihaly@atomki.mta.hu.
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Abstract

We document chemical laboratory procedures and results on international comparison samples at the Hertelendi Laboratory of Environmental Studies, Debrecen, Hungary. We also show results using the new MICADAS system and compare these results to internationally recognized standards and blank materials. The newly developed sample preparation system in HEKAL can handle samples as 1) organic material, 2) cellulose fraction of plant, 3) bones, 4) carbonate and shell, and 5) dissolved inorganic carbon of groundwater. The results of radiocarbon measurements on intercomparison samples confirm the reliability of the sample preparation system at HEKAL Lab and also the good performance of the MICADAS 14C system. The blank levels for each type of sample of 1 mg C carbon content are well reproducible, ∼0.3–0.5 pMC.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 55 , Issue 2: Proceedings of the 21st International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 1 of 2) , 2013 , pp. 665 - 676
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Copyright © 2013 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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