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Published October 1948 | public
Journal Article

Measurement of Carbon 14

Abstract

A procedure for the measurement of radioactivity from C^(14) is described. The samples are converted to barium carbonate and the activity is measured with a modified Lauritsen electroscope.

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© 1948 American Chemical Society. Received April 2, 1948. The authors are indebted to J. W. Irvine and W. W. Miller for many helpful suggestions, and to J. W. Reese for the determination of the activity of the standard barium carbonate sample in the gas counter. Assisted by the joint program of the Office of Naval Research and the Atomic Energy Commission.

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