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Status of the AMS graphitization system in the dendrochronological laboratory at AGH-UST, Kraków


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Fig 1

Scheme of alpha cellulose extraction.
Scheme of alpha cellulose extraction.

Fig 2

AMS graphitization system in the Dendrochronological Laboratory at AGH-UST, Kraków: a) Reduction line and vacuum line for sample sealing and purification of CO2; b) cryogenically separation CO2 from water in glass vessel cooled in a dry ice/ethanol slurry and trapping CO2 in the glass valve cooled by liquid nitrogen; c) shows the vacuum line for graphite preparation.
AMS graphitization system in the Dendrochronological Laboratory at AGH-UST, Kraków: a) Reduction line and vacuum line for sample sealing and purification of CO2; b) cryogenically separation CO2 from water in glass vessel cooled in a dry ice/ethanol slurry and trapping CO2 in the glass valve cooled by liquid nitrogen; c) shows the vacuum line for graphite preparation.

Fig 3

Changes in CO2 pressure during reduction for some of the reduced samples.
Changes in CO2 pressure during reduction for some of the reduced samples.

The results of 14C AMS measurements of the samples prepared using the graphitization line in the Dendrochronological Laboratory at AGH-UST Krakow.

NLab codeSample IDMaterialpMC±14C age years±Weight C [mg]
1UGAMS 40065C14_10OXII133.820.331
2UGAMS 34241C14_5OXII134.690.281
3UGAMS 34242C14_5AOXII133.430.281
4UGAMS 41465C14_11OXII135.110.301
5UGAMS 41466C14-12OXII133.070.301
6UGAMS 41699C14_13OXII134.780.411
7UGAMS 41702C14_15OXII133.310.411
8UGAMS 41700C14-13BOXII134.680.330.3
9UGAMS 41701C14-14OXII133.450.330.36
10UGAMS 42224C14_11AOXII135.200.261
11UGAMS 42225C14_12AOXII132.830.361
12UGAMS 35610C14_7OXII134.020.311
13UGAMS 35611C14_7AOXII134.110.321
14UGAMS 36945C14_7BOXII135.210.311
15UGAMS 36946C14-9OXII132.890.311
16UGAMS 37297C14_9AOXII134.480.311
17UGAMS 37298C14_9BOXII133.640.311
18UGAMS 43566C14_16OXII133.990.341
19UGAMS 43567C14_16AOXII134.480.430.34
20UGAMS 43568C14_16BOXII132.880.390.1
21UGAMS 40066WIT_10vitrinite0.3910.011420961471
22UGAMS 40067WIT_10Avitrinite0.3850.011422001550.65
23UGAMS 34243WIT_3Dvitrinite0.5460.013418541951
24UGAMS 34244WIT_5vitrinite0.5760.014414271981
25UGAMS 41467WIT_11vitrinite0.5490.013418111941
26UGAMS 41468WIT_12vitrinite0.7650.047391415121
27UGAMS 41695WIT_11Avitrinite0.5680.012415322031
28UGAMS 41696WIT_12Avitrinite0.6840.016400431841
29UGAMS 41697WIT_13Bvitrinite0.9420.021374711770.32
30UGAMS 41698WIT_13Cvitrinite0.9510.020374001660.35
31UGAMS 42222WIT_13vitrinite1.0200.016368341241
32UGAMS 42223WIT_14vitrinite0.6720.014401871661
33UGAMS 35612WIT_6vitrinite1.9610.02530010831
34UGAMS 35613WIT_7vitrinite0.4320.010437701791
35UGAMS 36947WIT_7Avitrinite0.6960.024398992801
36UGAMS 36948WIT_9vitrinite0.6580.021403162561
37UGAMS 37299WIT_7Bvitrinite1.4100.060342331651
38UGAMS 37300WIT_9Avitrinite1.3850.081343772251
39UGAMS 43569WIT15vitrinite0.3880.010446012071
40UGAMS 43570WIT15Avitrinite0.4820.013428622140.34
41UGAMS 43571WIT15Bvitrinite0.9430.038374613250.1
42UGAMS 31703C5_1IAEA C523.320.1111696361
43UGAMS 42226C5_2IAEA C523.470.8511644291
44UGAMS 36949C5_1BIAEA C523.160.0911750301
45UGAMS 34245C6_1BIAEA C6149.440.441
46UGAMS 35614C7_1IAEA C750.550.155479231
47UGAMS 35615C7_2IAEA C750.990.145410211
48UGAMS 41489C7_2AIAEA C750.260.165526251
49UGAMS 37301C7_1AIAEA C749.720.155616271

Relationship between measured and expected values.

MaterialnConsensus value 14C (pMC)Average measured value 14C (pMC)
NIST OxII20134.07±0.17134.05±0.17
Background (vitrinite)2100.781±0.023
IAEA C5323.05±0.0223.31±0.35
IAEA C61150.61±0.11149.44±0.44
IAEA C7449.53±0.1250.38±0.15
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