Status of the AMS system at Yamagata University

被引:6
作者
Moriya, Toru [1 ]
Takeyama, Mirei [1 ]
Sakurai, Hirohisa [2 ]
Umebayashi, Toyoharu [2 ]
Toyoguchi, Teiko [3 ]
Shiraishi, Tadashi [3 ]
Miyahara, Hiroko [4 ]
Ohyama, Motonari [5 ]
Nozawa, Kohei [6 ]
Ito, Satoshi [6 ]
Itoh, Shigeru [7 ]
Hirota, Masashi [7 ]
Tokanai, Fuyuki [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Yamagata Univ, Ctr Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Yamagata 9993101, Japan
[2] Yamagata Univ, Fac Sci, Yamagata 9908560, Japan
[3] Yamagata Univ Hosp, Dept Pharm, Yamagata 9909585, Japan
[4] Musashino Art Univ, Humanities & Sci Museum Careers, Tokyo 1878505, Japan
[5] Tohoku Univ, Bot Gardens, Sendai, Miyagi 9800862, Japan
[6] Sekisui Med Co Ltd, Tokyo 1030027, Japan
[7] Paleo Labo Co Ltd, Gunma 3760144, Japan
关键词
AMS; Microdosing; Radiocarbon dating; ACCELERATOR MASS-SPECTROMETRY; CO2 COLLECTION SYSTEM; SAMPLE COMBUSTION; BE-10; TOOL;
D O I
10.1016/j.nimb.2018.11.004
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
An accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system and an automated graphitization line were installed at Yamagata University (YU) in 2009. Approximately 2000 samples are measured per year using the YU-AMS system. The long-term stability of the system was assessed by measuring the standard sample IAEA-C7 graphitized by the automated graphitization line. In March 2014, a second automated graphitization line and an additional ion source for the YU-AMS system were installed to meet the requirement of C-14 measurement for pharmacological and medical applications. A phosphoric acid treatment system was also developed for the radiocarbon dating of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in shell and coral samples. Performance tests on the new YU-AMS system were carried out by measuring the C-series standard samples (C1-C9) and oxalic acid II (HOxII) obtained from IAEA and NIST, respectively. The results of the C-14 concentration pMC are in good agreement with the consensus values. Performance tests for medical applications were also carried out by measuring the C-14 concentration of C-14-glucose in human plasma.
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页码:94 / 99
页数:6
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