Rapid Revelation of Radiocarbon Records with Laser Ablation Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Authors

  • Caroline Münsterer ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland; ETH Zurich Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics Schafmattstr. 20, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland. guenther@inorg.chem.ethz.ch
  • Lukas Wacker ETH Zurich Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics Schafmattstr. 20, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
  • Bodo Hattendorf ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
  • Marcus Christl ETH Zurich Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics Schafmattstr. 20, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
  • Joachim Koch ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
  • Rolf Dietiker ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
  • Hans-Arno Synal ETH Zurich Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics Schafmattstr. 20, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
  • Detlef Günther ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry HCI G 113 Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2014.215

Keywords:

Accelerator mass spectrometry (ams), Carbonates, Laser ablation, Radiocarbon

Abstract

By focusing high-intensity laser pulses on carbonate samples carbon dioxide is generated and can be directly introduced into the gas ion source (GIS) of an Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS). This new technique allows rapid radiocarbon analyses at high spatial resolution. The design of the deignated laser ablation cell as well as first results on a stalagmite sample are presented.
CHIMIA Vol. 68 No. 4(2014): Laureates of the SCS Fall Meeting 2013

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2014-04-30

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Vol. 68 No. 4 (2014): Laureates of the SCS Fall Meeting 2013

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C. Münsterer, L. Wacker, B. Hattendorf, M. Christl, J. Koch, R. Dietiker, H.-A. Synal, D. Günther, Chimia 2014, 68, 215, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2014.215.