SERVICE
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
AMS Measurement Service
Accelerator
1MV Tandetron AMS
Specifications
- Terminal voltage: 1 MV
- Type: Tandetron
- Ion Source: Cs sputtering, 50 cathods
- Isotope Selection: Bouncer, Magnet and ESA (Electrostatic analyzer)
- Detection System: ΔE-E gas ionization chamber
Application fields
Radiocarbon dating
- Geology
- Sedimentology
- Oceanography
- Climatology
- Archeology
14C tracer measurement
- Environmentology
- Atmosphere Science
- Biology and Pharmacology
10Be measurement
- Geology
- Geomorphology
- Climatology
26Al measurement
- Geology
Radiocarbon age dating samples measured during 2008 - 2018
Type |
Outside |
Inside |
Test |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Air |
45 |
2 |
5 |
52 |
Biomass |
112 |
- |
5 |
117 |
Bone |
165 |
42 |
49 |
256 |
Carbonate |
230 |
569 |
336 |
1,135 |
Cellulose |
128 |
3 |
1,501 |
1,632 |
Iron |
19 |
- |
- |
19 |
Pottery |
23 |
- |
2 |
25 |
Protein |
7 |
- |
72 |
79 |
Soil |
348 |
509 |
69 |
926 |
Target |
6,326 |
3,148 |
84 |
9,558 |
Wood |
3,370 |
877 |
1,990 |
6,237 |
Oxalic |
1,251 |
703 |
2,799 |
4,753 |
Blank |
846 |
395 |
3,189 |
4,430 |
Known |
723 |
453 |
2,313 |
3,489 |
Sum |
13,593 |
6,701 |
12,414 |
32,708 |
Principle of accelerator mass spectrometry
24 Line Full-Automatic Reduction System
Principle of radiocarbon dating
Analysis charge (1 US$ ≒ 1,210 KRW in 2019)
- Measurement only (graphite target): 100,000 KRW/sample
- Simple Acid-Alkali-Acid and measurement: 400,000 KRW/sample
- Carbonate: 4500,000 KRW/sample
- Soil or samples needed additional process: 500,000 KRW/sample
- Bone, tooth: 600,000 KRW/sample
Steps to submit samples
- Download the sample information form download and fill up
- Send the form to Dr. Hong () by email
- After sufficient discussion about the technical issues and the time schedule, send your samples to KIGAM (the address is at the bottom of this page).
- Information desk(+82-42-868-3392, ) will guide customers how to pay the charge(on-line and off-line)
- Data will be reported to customer within 12 weeks (typically 6 weeks or more)