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Benzene Purity in Radiocarbon Dating Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Roy Switsur  and
John S Waterhouse
Roy Switsur
Affiliation:
Godwin Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England CB2 3RS
John S Waterhouse
Affiliation:
Godwin Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England CB2 3RS
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Abstract

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Gas chromatographic analysis of the benzene obtained for radiocarbon dating revealed only very low levels (<200 ppm in total) of impurities, most of which were alkylbenzenes. Traces of acetone and phenol were also found. These impurities, at such low levels are thought unlikely to affect counting efficiency.

Type
I. Sample Preparation and Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 31 , Issue 3: June 20-25, 1988 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia , 1989 , pp. 260 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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