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Analysis of 36Cl in environmental water samples using an electrostatic accelerator

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A new atom identification and detection technique for ultrasensitive mass spectrometry has been applied to the radionuclide 36Cl. Measurements of the 36Cl/Cl ratio in AgCl precipitated from six different natural water samples fell in the range 1.2 × 10−13−2 × 10−12 with a background level below 3 × 10−15. For each sample 70 mg of AgCl was used, requiring 1–51 of water.

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  1. Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627

    D. Elmore, B. R. Fulton, M. R. Clover, J. R. Marsden & H. E. Gove

  2. General Ionex Corporation, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 01950

    H. Naylor & K. H. Purser

  3. Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S lA7

    L. R. Kilius, R. P. Beukens & A. E. Litherland

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Elmore, D., Fulton, B., Clover, M. et al. Analysis of 36Cl in environmental water samples using an electrostatic accelerator. Nature 277, 22–25 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277022a0

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