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Bratislava Radiocarbon Measurements II

1977; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0033822200003714

1945-5755

S. Usačev, J Chrapan, J. Oravec, B. Sitár,

Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Radiocarbon dating facilities were built at the Department of Nuclear Physics, Comenius University in 1967 (Usačev et al , 1973). Initially, sample pretreatment and combustion systems for a proportional counter filled with CO 2 were installed (Chrapan, 1966). One group adopted methods based on the use of methane (Usačev et al , 1973), a second group continued radiocarbon dating using an Oeschger-type proportional counter filled with CO 2 (Chrapan, 1968). Later a modified Oeschger-type proportional counter with 1L active volume and with a background of approximately 8.10 –2 bq was built (Schmidt and Chrapan, 1970). The pressure used in this counter is 10 5 Pa. 0.95 NBS oxalic acid is used as a standard of the present biosphere and the year 1950 refers to the zero year. Calculated radiocarbon ages are based on a 5568 ± 30 year half-life as recommended by the 8th International Radiocarbon Dating Conference. Statistical errors are calculated as a combination of the 3σ standard deviations of the sample count and the background. Samples were treated by HCl, NaOH or other chemicals according to their initial conditions.