Title | Application of a compact microwave ion source to radiocarbon analysis |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 1999 |
Authors | Schneider, RJ, von Reden, KF, Hayes, JM, Wills, JSC |
Editor | Shepard, KW |
Conference Name | The eighth international conference on heavy-ion accelerator technology |
Date Published | 1999 |
Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
Keywords | carbon, ion sources, mass spectroscopy, spectrochemical analysis, tandem accelerators |
Abstract | The compact, high current, 2.45 GHz microwave-driven plasma ion source which was built for the Chalk River TASCC facility is presently being adapted for testing as a gas ion source for accelerator mass spectrometry, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution accelerator mass spectrometer. The special requirements for producing carbon-ion beams from micromole quantities of carbon dioxide produced from environmental samples will be discussed. These samples will be introduced into the ion source by means of argon carrier gas and a silicon capillary injection system. Following the extraction of positive ions from the source, negative ion formation in a charge exchange vapor will effectively remove the argon from the carbon beam. Simultaneous injection of the three carbon isotopes into the accelerator is planned. |