Status report of the first AMS laboratory in the Czech Republic at the Nuclear Physics Institute, Rez

0573739 - ÚJF 2024 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Kučera, Jan - Pachnerová Brabcová, Kateřina - Němec, M. - Kameník, Jan - Trubač, Jakub - Brychová, Veronika - Světlík, Ivo - John, J. - Garba, Roman - Daňo, M.
Status report of the first AMS laboratory in the Czech Republic at the Nuclear Physics Institute, Rez.
Chemical Papers. Roč. 77, č. 12 (2023), s. 7311-7317. ISSN 0366-6352
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EF16_019/0000728
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : Accelerator mass spectrometry * Be-10 * C-14 * Al-26 * I-129 * U-236 * Radiocarbon dating
OECD category: Atomic, molecular and chemical physics (physics of atoms and molecules including collision, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, Mössbauer effect)
Impact factor: 2.2, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-023-02904-2

The first accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) laboratory in the Czech Republic has been established and put into routine operation in February 2022. Here we briefly describe the facilities available, namely a 300 kV multi-isotope low-energy AMS system (MILEA) capable of determination Be-10, C-14, Al-26, Ca-41, I-129, isotopes of U, especially U-236, Pu and other actinoids, and accessories for C-14 measurements, which include a gas interface system, a preparative gas chromatography system for compound-specific radiocarbon dating analysis, and an isotope-ratio mass spectrometer. The first results achieved for separation and measurement of the above radionuclides (except for Ca-41) are also reported, with the main focus on C-14 measurements. A specimen breakdown of 729 graphitised samples analysed for C-14 so far is presented, as well as a proof of measurement stability of the MILEA system obtained by analysis of radiocarbon standards and analytical blanks. For the other radionuclides, well proven or novel procedures for sample preparation and measurement are presented.
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