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Southern Methodist University Radiocarbon Date List I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Vance Haynes  and
Herbert Haas
Vance Haynes
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275
Herbert Haas
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275
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The SMU Radiocarbon Laboratory is operated by the Department of Geological Sciences within the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man. One laboratory room contains the benzene synthesis system where samples are pretreated and converted to CO2 in a standard way and gas is purified after the procedures of Broecker (1957) by passage through hot CuO, 10% AgNO3 solution, chromic acid, hot copper, and P2O5 via cryogenic pumping with liquid nitrogen. Purified CO2 is then converted to Li2C2 which is hydrolized to C2H2 and converted to C6H6 catalytically following the procedures of Noakes et al (1966). Carbon dioxide and benzene yields are routinely in excess of 90% in both cases.

Type
Research Article
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , 1974 , pp. 368 - 380
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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