The 12CH22+ molecule and radiocarbon dating by accelerator mass spectrometry

H. W. Lee; A. Galindo-Uribarri; K. H. Chang; L. R. Kilius; A. E. Litherland

doi:10.1016/0168-583X(84)90511-1

The ¹²CH₂²⁺ molecule and radiocarbon dating by accelerator mass spectrometry

H. W. Lee
, A. Galindo-Uribarri
, K. H. Chang
, L. R. Kilius
, A. E. Litherland

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Abstract

The ¹²CH₂²⁺ molecule has been studied and it was found that the molecule can be effectively eliminated thus allowing detection of ¹⁴C²⁺ at low terminal voltages of a tandem accelerator. Some implications of this discovery for radiocarbon dating are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	208-210
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(84)90511-1
State	Published - Nov 1984
Externally published	Yes

Funding

sioning the apparatus and our colleagues at the Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory, Rochester, USA for their assistance in the 1977 discovery of the 12CH:’ molecule. This work was supported in part by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. One of us (U.G.-U.) acknowledgess upport from WUSC (Canada) and ININ (Mexico).

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