Determination of Radon by Liquid Scintillation α/β Particle Spectrometry: Towards the Resolution of a 14C Dating Problem-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Determination of Radon by Liquid Scintillation α/β Particle Spectrometry: Towards the Resolution of a 14C Dating Problem

Published:1988 Issue:1 Volume:30 Page:19-24
ISSN:0033-8222
Container-title:Radiocarbon
language:en
Short-container-title:Radiocarbon

Author:

Polach Henry,Kaihola Lauri

Abstract

Traces of uranium and radium within the 14C sample generate radon (Rn) which gets occluded during the benzene synthesis, thus generating false (extra) counts within the 14C counting window. This, if undetected, gives rise to erroneous 14C age determinations. The application of simultaneous α and β liquid scintillation spectrometry will enable a mathematical evaluation of the 14C signal unaffected by α and β particle emissions from radon decay daughters.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,Archaeology

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