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Riken Natural Radiocarbon Measurements I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Fumio Yamasaki ,
Tatsuji Hamada  and
Chikako Fujiyama
Fumio Yamasaki
Affiliation:
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuji Hamada
Affiliation:
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Chikako Fujiyama
Affiliation:
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Natural C14 measurements at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) became routine in 1962. The counters presently used are made of stainless steel with a volume of about 2.7 L. They are surrounded by 2.5 cm of pure lead, a ring of 22 propane gas-flow anticoincidence counters, about 10 cm of boric acid and 20 cm of iron. When filled with dead CO2 up to 2 atm, they gave a background counting rate of about 9 cpm (Hamada, 1960).

In this article, results obtained for geologic and archaeologic samples since 1962 are described. Dates have been calculated on the basis of the C14 half-life of 5568 yr, and 95% of NBS oxalic acid as modern standard. Correction for isotopic fractionation was not applied.

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Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 6 , 1964 , pp. 112 - 115
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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