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14C dating, part 3: 14C dating by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS)

14C dating with AMS method was presented. Chemical preparation of organic and carbonate samples of miligrame size to graphite was described in details with all procedures and equipments nedded for pretreatment and treatment of the samples. Measurement of 14C on graphite targets in the AMS was described, too. Adventages and disadventages of the AMS 14C method comparing with LSC method were explained.

14C dating; AMS; sample preparation

PPT published in Collection of lectures - Regional Training Course on Dating of Cultural Heritage Artefacts using Nuclear Analytical Techniques, Zagreb, Croatia, 20 - 25 May 2013, organized within the IAEA RER/0/034 project.