24496
Author
Hut, Gert; Keyser, Jan; Wijma, Stef
Title Of Article Chaper
A multiple proportional <sup>14</sup>C counter system for milligram-sized samples
Title Of Journal Book
Radiocarbon
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
547-552
Collation
1 plate, 3 figs., 4 refs.
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A system of ten proportional carbon-14 counters has been designed. The counters have a volume of 35 milliliters and are operated with carbon dioxide at a pressure of one bar and a voltage of 3300 V. The amplified signals of the counters are fed through an analog multiplexer to the inputs of three discriminators. The Geiger signal is fed to a separate discriminator. A logic circuit selects from these discriminators the alpha, beta, muon, and purity counts which are then stored in a microcomputer (ITT 2020 with 48K RAM), where the necessary calculations are also performed. The purity of the gas sample is monitored by counting a part of the muon spectrum. The alpha and beta pulses are stored during 95% of the measuring period; the remaining 5% is used for registration of the muon and purity pulses. The overall accuracy of the system for modern carbon samples is two percent after a counting period of six days. -- AATA
Keywords
Dating Radiocarbon Gas counter; Gas counter Proportional Data processing AATA
pub_id
24496