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Radiocarbon Sample Preparation at the Circe AMS Laboratory in Caserta, Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Isabella Passariello ,
Fabio Marzaioli ,
Carmine Lubritto ,
Mauro Rubino ,
Antonio D'Onofrio ,
Nicola De Cesare ,
Gianluca Borriello ,
Giovanni Casa ,
Antonio Palmieri  and
Detlef Rogalla
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Isabella Passariello*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Fabio Marzaioli
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Carmine Lubritto
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Mauro Rubino
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Antonio D'Onofrio
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Nicola De Cesare
Affiliation:
Department of Life Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Gianluca Borriello
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Giovanni Casa
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Antonio Palmieri
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Detlef Rogalla
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik mit Ionenstrahlen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Carlo Sabbarese
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
Filippo Terrasi
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy
*
Corresponding author. Email: isabella.passariello@unina2.it
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A system with several lines for the preparation of graphite targets for radiocarbon analysis has been built at the new accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility in Caserta, Italy. Special attention has been paid in the design to the reduction of background contamination during sample preparation. Here, we describe the main characteristics of these preparation lines. Results of tests performed to measure 14C background levels and isotope fractionation in several blank samples with the Caserta AMS system are presented and discussed.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 2007 , pp. 225 - 232
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Copyright © 2007 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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