CHARACTERISATION, OPTIMISATION, AND STANDARD MEASUREMENTS FOR TWO SMALL-SAMPLE HIGH-PRECISION RADIOCARBON COUNTERS
Author(s): FG McCormac, M Thompson, D Brown
In February 1998 English Heritage provided a grant for two small-sample high-precision counters to extend the capacity for this sort of radiocarbon measurement at the Queen's University, Belfast Radiocarbon Laboratory. This report explains the processes used for liquid scintillation counter characterisation, optimisation, and benzene purity correction and provides details of background, oxalic acid standard, and known-age wood measurements. The counters are now operational.
- Report Number:
- 8/2001
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 24
- Keywords:
- Methological Research Radiocarbon Dating
