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Reproducibility of CO2 Absorption Method for measurement of Radiocarbon using a PARR Bomb and LSC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2019

Irina Vagner ,
Carmen Varlam ,
Denisa Faurescu ,
Diana Bogdan  and
Ionut Faurescu Open the ORCID record for Ionut Faurescu [Opens in a new window]
Irina Vagner*
Affiliation:
National R&D Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI, Rm. Valcea, Romania
Carmen Varlam
Affiliation:
National R&D Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI, Rm. Valcea, Romania
Denisa Faurescu
Affiliation:
National R&D Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI, Rm. Valcea, Romania
Diana Bogdan
Affiliation:
National R&D Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI, Rm. Valcea, Romania
Ionut Faurescu
Affiliation:
National R&D Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI, Rm. Valcea, Romania
*
*Corresponding author. Email: irina.vagner@icsi.ro.
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Abstract

The CO2 absorption and liquid scintillation counting (LSC) are methods used in radioactivity monitoring programs of nuclear facilities for 14C measurements due to high number of samples and relatively high expected level of 14C concentration. The paper describes the chemical sample preparation applied to a quality control material (IAEA-C3 Cellulose), in order to evaluate the reproducibility of CO2 absorption method for this type of material. Consequently, in the experiments we used two home-made scintillation cocktails, containing two amines, 2-methoxyethylamine (MEA) and 3-methoxypropyl amine (MPA), which detained CO2 as carbamates. Due to the fact that the material used in the dedicated experiments is cellulose (contained in all vegetable materials), the method can be considered as appropriate for 14C determination from biological and vegetable materials.

Keywords

celluloseCO2 direct absorption methodcombustion Parr bomb
Type
Conference Paper
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 61 , Issue 6: Radiocarbon 2018 Conference Proceedings Trondheim, Norway, June 17–22, 2018 Part 2 of 2 , December 2019 , pp. 1835 - 1842
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© 2019 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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Footnotes

Selected Papers from the 23rd International Radiocarbon Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 17–22 June, 2018

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