Present status of YU-AMS

Fuyuki TOKANAI

Presentation information

Oral

Symbol H (Human Geosciences) » H-TT Technology & Techniques

[H-TT35_1AM1] Developments and applications of AMS techniques for earth and human environmental research

Thu. May 1, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM 311 (3F)

Convener:*Toshio Nakamura(Center for Chronological Research, Nagoya University), Hiroyuki Matsuzaki(School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo), Kimikazu Sasa(Research Facility Center for Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba), Hisao Nagai(Faculty of humanities and Sciences, Nihon University), Masayo Minami(Center for Chronological Resarch, Nagoya University), Chair:Kimikazu Sasa(Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba)

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

[HTT35-02] Present status of YU-AMS

*Fuyuki TOKANAI¹ (1.Center for YU-AMS)

Keywords:AMS, microdose

Yamagata University (YU) installed an AMS (YU-AMS) system in the Kaminoyama Research Institute to meet the requirement of ¹⁴C AMS for microdosing and medical studies as well as that of radiocarbon dating in the same facility. An automated graphitization line was also installed in the same research institute for sample preparation. This AMS system is the first AMS system installed in a university in north Japan (Tohoku-Hokkaido region). The facility also provides radiocarbon dating for samples from other universities, institutes and public organizations. Currently, we are planning to install a second new ion source and an automated graphitization line until March in 2014. In this paper, we describe the status of the YU-AMS system.