Published 1992 | Version v1
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Radiocarbon analysis of iron archeological artifacts

Creators

  • 1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
  • 2. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (United States)

Description

The radiocarbon content of some iron archaeological artifacts has been measured in an attempt to determine dates of manufacture. The authors discuss techniques of extracting, combusting and reducing carbon from iron artifacts, and present the results of radiocarbon measurements on fragments of chain mail found in the central US and thought to be of 16th century Spanish provenence

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Chemical Society.
Imprint Place
Washington, DC (United States)
Imprint Title
203rd American Chemical Society national meeting
Imprint Pagination
2442 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1258, Paper NUCL 16.

Conference

Title
203. American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting.
Dates
5-10 Apr 1992.
Place
San Francisco, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26000043
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; CARBON; CARBON 14; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EXTRACTION; IRON; ISOTOPE DATING
Descriptors DEC
AGE ESTIMATION; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON ISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; METALS; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-920444--.