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The main methods for measuring 14C based on a Libby counter, a proportional gas-filled counter, liquid scintillation counting, and accelerator mass spectrometry are considered. The measurement features, advantages, and disadvantages of each presented method are described. The radiocarbon concentration in annual rings of a pine tree grown in Akademgorodok of Novosibirsk has been measured using the accelerator mass spectrometry method. The measured 14C concentration in the samples is in the range from 95.4 ± 0.2 to 191.5 ± 2.2 pMC.
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Nazarov, E.I., Kruzhalov, A.V., Ekidin, A.A. et al. Instruments and Methods for Measuring 14С (a Review). Instrum Exp Tech 64, 790–795 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441221060166
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