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dc.contributor.authorPolach, Henry
dc.contributor.authorKaihola, Lauri
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T20:14:40Z
dc.date.available2021-02-11T20:14:40Z
dc.date.issued1988-01-01
dc.identifier.citationPolach, H., & Kaihola, L. (1988). Determination of radon by liquid scintillation alpha/beta particle spectrometry: Towards the resolution of a 14C dating problem. Radiocarbon, 30(1), 19-24.
dc.identifier.issn0033-8222
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0033822200043927
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/652982
dc.description.abstractTraces of uranium and radium within the 14C sample generate radon (Rn) which gets occluded during the benzene synthesis, thus generating false (extra) counts within the 14C counting window. This, if undetected, gives rise to erroneous 14C age determinations. The application of simultaneous alpha and Beta liquid scintillation spectrometry will enable a mathematical evaluation of the 14C signal unaffected by alpha and Beta particle emissions from radon decay daughters.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Journal of Science
dc.relation.urlhttp://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
dc.rightsCopyright © The American Journal of Science
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dc.subjectRn 222
dc.subjectradium
dc.subjectRa 226
dc.subjectradon
dc.subjectnoble gases
dc.subjectU 238
dc.subjectliquid scintillation
dc.subjectactinides
dc.subjecturanium
dc.subjectspectroscopy
dc.subjectalkaline earth metals
dc.subjectmetals
dc.subjectscintillations
dc.subjectmethods
dc.subjectC 14
dc.subjectcarbon
dc.subjectisotopes
dc.subjectradioactive isotopes
dc.subjectabsolute age
dc.titleDetermination of Radon by Liquid Scintillation alpha/Beta Particle Spectrometry: Towards the Resolution of a 14C Dating Problem
dc.typeArticle
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dc.identifier.journalRadiocarbon
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dc.source.volume30
dc.source.issue1
dc.source.beginpage19
dc.source.endpage24
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