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Extraction of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) from Seawater Samples at CEDAD: Results of an Intercomparison Exercise on Samples from Adriatic Sea Shallow Water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

M Macchia ,
M D'Elia ,
G Quarta ,
V Gaballo ,
E Braione ,
L Maruccio ,
L Calcagnile ,
G Ciceri ,
V Martinotti  and
L Wacker
M Macchia
Affiliation:
CEDAD-Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
M D'Elia
Affiliation:
CEDAD-Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
G Quarta
Affiliation:
CEDAD-Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
V Gaballo
Affiliation:
CEDAD-Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
E Braione
Affiliation:
CEDAD-Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
L Maruccio
Affiliation:
CEDAD-Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
L Calcagnile*
Affiliation:
CEDAD-Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
G Ciceri
Affiliation:
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico-RSE spa, Sustainable Development and Energy Sources, Via R. Rubattino, 54, 20134, Milan, Italy
V Martinotti
Affiliation:
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico-RSE spa, Sustainable Development and Energy Sources, Via R. Rubattino, 54, 20134, Milan, Italy
L Wacker
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zurich, Honggerberg 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
*
2Corresponding author. Email: Lucio.calcagnile@unile.it.
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Abstract

A dedicated sample processing line for the extraction of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) from seawater and groundwater for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon analysis has been developed at CEDAD, the Center for Dating and Diagnostic of the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. The features of the new system are presented together with tests carried out to determine its functionality and background levels. The first results obtained at CEDAD for analyzing seawater samples taken from the Northern Adriatic compare well with results obtained for the same samples analyzed at ETH Zurich.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 55 , Issue 2: Proceedings of the 21st International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 1 of 2) , 2013 , pp. 579 - 584
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Copyright © 2013 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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