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Title: Operation of the “Small” BioAMS spectrometers at CAMS: Past and future prospects

Journal Article · · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Biology and Biotechnology Division

A summary of results from the solid samples run on our compact 1 MV AMS system over its 13.5 years of operation is presented. On average 7065 samples per year were measured with that average dropping to 3278 samples per year following the deployment of our liquid sample capability. Although the dynamic range of our spectrometer is 4.5 orders in magnitude, most of the measured graphitic samples had 14C/C concentrations between 0.1 and 1 modern. Furthermore, the measurements of our ANU sucrose standard followed a Gaussian distribution with an average of 1.5082 ± 0.0134 modern. The LLNL biomedical AMS program supported many different types of experiments, however, the large majority of samples measured were derived from animal model systems. We have transitioned all of our biomedical AMS measurements to the recently installed 250 kV SSAMS instrument with good agreement compared in measured 14C/C isotopic ratios between sample splits. We then present results from replacement of argon stripping gas with helium in the SSAMS with a 22% improvement in ion transmission through the accelerator and high-energy analyzing magnet.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1376007
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1246212
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-664218; PII: S0168583X15004905; TRN: US1702564
Journal Information:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 361, Issue C; ISSN 0168-583X
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 6 works
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