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Improved Precision of Radiocarbon Measurements for CH4 and CO2 Using GC and Continuous-Flow AMS Achieved by Summation of Repeated Injections
- Source :
- Radiocarbon. 55:677-685
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2013.
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Abstract
- Compound specific radiocarbon measurements can be made instantaneously using a gas chromatograph (GC) combustion system coupled to a 14C AMS system fitted with a gas ion source. Samples below 10 μg C can be analyzed but the precision is reduced to 5–10% because of lower source efficiency. We modified our GC for CH4 and CO2 analysis and injected samples multiple times to sum data and increase precision. We attained a maximum precision of 0.6% for modern CO2 from 25 injections of 27 μg C and a background of ≃0.5% (40 kyr) for ancient methane. The 14C content of dissolved CO2 and CH4 in water samples collected at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent and a serpentine mud volcano was measured and the results for the vent sample are consistent with previously published data. Further experiments are required to determine a calibration and correction procedure to maximize accuracy.
- Subjects :
- 010506 paleontology
Archeology
060102 archaeology
Continuous flow
Compound specific
Analytical chemistry
06 humanities and the arts
01 natural sciences
Methane
Ion source
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
law
Carbon dioxide
Calibration
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
0601 history and archaeology
Radiocarbon dating
Gas chromatography
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19455755 and 00338222
- Volume :
- 55
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Radiocarbon
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........ea872a6b1c6fce5a8a8b43647a22dc5e