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The New National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometer Facility at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Progress and First Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

K. F. Von Reden ,
G. A. Jones ,
R. J. Schneider ,
A. P. McNichol ,
G. J. Cohen  and
K. H. Purser
K. F. Von Reden
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Massachusetts 02543 USA
G. A. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Massachusetts 02543 USA
R. J. Schneider
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Massachusetts 02543 USA
A. P. McNichol
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Massachusetts 02543 USA
G. J. Cohen
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Massachusetts 02543 USA
K. H. Purser
Affiliation:
Southern Cross Corporation, 426C Boston Street, Topsfield, Massachusetts 01983 USA
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Abstract

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Start-up performance and first results of the new Woods Hole Accelerator Mass Spectrometer are discussed. Special attention is given to the hemispherical ionizer sputter source and the triple-isotope injector design.

Type
I. Sample Preparation and Measurement Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 34 , Issue 3: Proceedings of the 14th International Radiocarbon Conference , 1992 , pp. 478 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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