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US 7,368,710 B2Granted
Sample preparation method
AssigneeXceleron Limited
InventorsRonald Colin Garner, June Valerie Garner, Daniel Nichol Leong
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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 a quantitative measurement of elemental isotope ratios present in an essentially biological material comprising the steps of:
- (a) preparing a sample including the essentially biological material, wherein said material is mixed with a binder and wherein said prepared material is substantially chemically unaltered;
- (b) carrying out accelerator mass spectrometry on said material;
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- (c) quantifying the data generated from carrying out accelerator mass spectrometry, whereby the quantitative measurement of elemental isotope ratios is obtained.
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