From Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass SpectrometryFrom Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry presents a fascinating account of a breakthrough in science and the insights it has brought that would not have been possible without it. Involved since its invention, Harry Gove recounts the story of the development of accelerator mass spectrometry and its use as an ultrasensitive detection technique in many fields of science and the arts. A key advantage of the technique is that it requires only very small samples of material. The book explores the areas where the technique has increased understanding and provided solutions to problems, including the clean-up and storage of nuclear waste, the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, biomedical research, the settling of the Americas, and carbon dating of many precious artifacts. Objects dated include the Turin Shroud, the Iceman, the elephant bird egg, and the Dead Sea scrolls. |
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Table des matières
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The American Indians the Vikings and Columbus | 103 |
Nuclear Power Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Waste | 118 |
Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud | 146 |
The Iceman the Dead Sea Scrolls and More | 170 |
Some Thoughts on Future Developments of AMS | 196 |
References | 205 |
Index | 218 |
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From Hiroshima to the iceman: the development and applications of ... Harry Edmund Gove Affichage d'extraits - 1999 |
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Page 33 - A group of physicists from the University of Rochester, the University of Toronto, and the General lonex Corporation, have developed a new method of detecting carbon-14, which they intend to use to date the Shroud.
Page 215 - Fifield LK, Cresswell RG, di Tada ML, Ophel TR, Day JP, Clacher AP, King SJ and Priest ND 1996 Accelerator mass spectrometry of plutonium isotopes Nucl. Instrum.
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Page 214 - Roddy DJ (1991) Age and geomorphic history of Meteor Crater, Arizona from cosmogenic 36C1 and 14C in rock varnish.
Page 207 - Measurements of ^Cl in Antarctic meteorites and Antarctic ice using a Van de Graaff accelerator Earth Planetary Sci.
Page 205 - Libby, WF, 1946 : Atmospheric helium three and radiocarbon from cosmic radiation. Phys. Rev., 69, 671-672 Libby, WF, 1955 : Radiocarbon dating, 2nd edn, University of Chicago Press, Chicago Libby, WF, 1959: Tritium in hydrology and meteorology.
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | From Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry |
| Auteur | Harry E Gove |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | CRC Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0750305584, 9780750305587 |
| Longueur | 115 pages |
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