Accelerator Mass Spectrometry with Fully Stripped 36Cl Ions

A description of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements with the long-lived radioisotope 36Cl is given. All measurements were made at the Munich tandem accelerator laboratory. Results are presented for 36Cl measurements in ground waters, in the meteorite Bjurböle, in ice-core samples of the Vernagtferner, Austria, and in granite samples from Hiroshima, Japan, irradiated by the atomic bomb explosion in 1945.

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Bomb conversion of CO2 to graphite for radiocarbon measurement by Tandem Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (TAMS)

The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes ◽

10.1016/0020-708x(85)90251-0 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 36 (12) ◽

pp. 939-942 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

David C. Lowe ◽

W.J. Judd

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Tandem Accelerator

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Levoglucosan concentrations in ice-core samples from the Tibetan Plateau determined by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry

Journal of Glaciology ◽

10.3189/2013jog12j157 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 59 (216) ◽

pp. 599-612 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Ping Yao ◽

Valérie F. Schwab ◽

Vanessa-Nina Roth ◽

Baiqing Xu ◽

Tandong Yao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽

Liquid Chromatography ◽

Tibetan Plateau ◽

Biomass Burning ◽

High Performance ◽

Ice Core ◽

Water Soluble ◽

The Tibetan Plateau ◽

Core Samples

AbstractLevoglucosan is a unique marker for biomass burning that can be transported in the atmosphere and preserved in archives such as ice cores. A new method to determine the concentrations of levoglucosan in Tibetan ice-core samples using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI/MS) was developed. Levoglucosan was separated from coeluting water-soluble organic compounds using a C18 column with a gradient program from 50% to 90% methanol in ultrapure water. An external standard calibration curve (R2 = 0.9958) was established by plotting the ion m/z 163 [M+H]+ peak area versus the amount of analyte. The repeatability ranges between 11% and 2% at a concentration around 10 and 150 ng mL−1. The limit of detection was 10 ng mL−1 and the limit of quantification was 40 ng mL−1. Levoglucosan concentrations ranged from 10 to 718 ng mL−1 in the Muztagh Ata ice core and from 10 to 93 ng mL−1 in the Tanggula ice core. These concentrations, up to 1000 times higher than those measured in samples from Antarctic and Greenland, showed the higher vulnerability of the Tibetan Plateau glaciers to biomass burning events.

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Measurements of 129I in meteorites and lunar rock by tandem accelerator mass spectrometry

Nature ◽

10.1038/305611a0 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 305 (5935) ◽

pp. 611-612 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

K. Nishiizumi ◽

D. Elmore ◽

M. Honda ◽

J. R. Arnold ◽

H. E. Gove

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Tandem Accelerator ◽

Lunar Rock

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Dating Polar Ice by 14C Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200007530 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 28 (2A) ◽

pp. 417-423 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Michael Andree ◽

Juerg Beer ◽

H P Loetscher ◽

Ernst Moor ◽

Hans Oeschger ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Model Calculation ◽

Tree Ring ◽

Seasonal Variations ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Ice Core ◽

Air Bubbles ◽

Polar Ice ◽

Rheologic Model

Results of 14C/12C ratio measurements on CO2 extracted from air bubbles in polar ice are presented. The samples investigated originate from the Dye 3, South Greenland, deep ice core and span approximately the last 10,000 years. The results are calibrated with tree-ring records. The 14C ages are compared with information obtained from seasonal variations of ice-core parameters and rheologic model calculation.

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