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US 2007/0018091 A1Published application
Sample preparation method
AssigneeXceleron Limited
InventorsRonald Garner, June Garner, Daniel Cheong
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of sample preparation for use in obtaining elemental isotope ratios of a material by accelerator mass spectrometry. The method comprises forming the material into a sample without any substantial chemical alteration of the material. The invention also provides a sample for use in obtaining elemental isotope ratios of a material.
Claims10
A method of obtaining elemental isotope ratios present in a material comprising the steps of:
- (a) preparing a sample including the material, wherein said prepared material is substantially chemically unaltered;
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- (b) carrying out accelerator mass spectrometry on said material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.