ANSTO AMS facility sample processing and target preparation: an update

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dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, GEen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBarry, LAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBertuch, Fen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHua, Qen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMifsud, Cen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPratap, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorReilly, Nen_AU
dc.contributor.authorVarley, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, AGen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-05T03:18:01Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-11-05T03:18:01Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2009-06-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2009-06-01en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe ANSTO AMS Facility has been operating for the past 17 years, and comprises two accelerators complemented with a suite of chemistry laboratories dedicated to the processing of samples for carbon, beryllium, aluminium, iodine, and actinide analyses. The facility performs and supports a wide range of research in the areas of paleoclimate change, water resource sustainability, archaeology, geomorphology, and nuclear safeguards. As a result, the chemistry laboratories are called upon to process a large variety of sample types and increasing numbers of samples. The radiocarbon laboratories process charcoal, wood, sediments, pollen, carbonates, waters, textiles, and bone though the pretreatment stages, combustion or hydrolysis, and graphitization. Over the years, we have continually worked to improve pretreatment methods, reduce sample size, and reduce background. Construction of a dedicated low-background combustion and graphitization system is underway. The cosmogenic laboratories process quartz-bearing rocks and sediments through cleaning, dissolution, separation, and purification of Be and Al and preparation of targets as oxides. In this poster, we will summarize the current methods and developments in the radiocarbon and cosmogenic chemistry laboratories.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationJacobsen, G. E., Barry, L., Bertuch, F., Hua, Q., Mifsud, C., Pratap, P., Reilly, N., Varley, S., & Williams, A. (2009). ANSTO AMS facility sample processing and target preparation: an update. Poster presented to the 20th International Radiocarbon Conference, 31st May - 5th June 2009. Big Island, Hawaii: Kailua-Kona.en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate5 June 2009en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencename20th International Radiocarbon Conferenceen_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceHawaii: Kailua-Kona.en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate31 May 2009en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc3023en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/2824en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisher20th International Radiocarbon Conferenceen_AU
dc.subjectANSTOen_AU
dc.subjectSample holdersen_AU
dc.subjectAcceleratorsen_AU
dc.subjectBerylliumen_AU
dc.subjectAluminiumen_AU
dc.subjectMass spectroscopyen_AU
dc.titleANSTO AMS facility sample processing and target preparation: an updateen_AU
dc.typeConference Posteren_AU
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