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Present Status of YU-AMS System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Fuyuki Tokanai*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
Kazuhiro Kato
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
Minoru Anshita
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
Hirohisa Sakurai
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
Akihiro Izumi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
Teiko Toyoguchi
Affiliation:
Division of Pharmacy, Yamagata University Hospital, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
Takeshi Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Division of Pharmacy, Yamagata University Hospital, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
Hiroko Miyahara
Affiliation:
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
Motonari Ohyama
Affiliation:
The Center for Academic Resources and Archives Botanical Gardens, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8576, Japan
Yasuharu Hoshino
Affiliation:
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara 630-8577, Japan
*
2 Corresponding author. Email: tokanai@sci.kj.yamagata-u.ac.jp.

Abstract

A new compact accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system has been installed in the Kaminoyama Research Institute at Yamagata University (YU). The AMS system is based on a 0.5MV Pelletron accelerator developed by the National Electrostatics Corporation. An automated acid-alkali-acid (AAA) treatment system and an automated graphitization line were also installed in the same facility for sample preparation. Performance tests of the YU-AMS system were carried out by measuring the C-series standard samples (C1–C8) and HOxII provided by IAEA and NIST, respectively. We evaluated the YU-AMS system by comparing the radiocarbon ages of Japanese tree rings with dendrochronologically determined calendar ages with calibration data. We also carried out some performance tests using a control serum and a 14C-labeled drug (oxaliplatin).

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