LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING (LSC)—PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Alan Hogg, Gordon Cook
Abstract
ABSTRACT Radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating by liquid scintillation (LS) spectroscopy (also known as LS counting or LSC) provides an alternate method of 14 C analysis where accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) analysis is less desirable. The past, present, and future applications of the method are discussed.
Topics & Concepts
Liquid scintillation countingRadiocarbon datingAccelerator mass spectrometryMass spectrometryScintillation counterAlpha-particle spectroscopyRadiochemistryScintillationCarbon-14Nuclear physicsGamma spectroscopySpectroscopyPhysicsGeologyChemistryAstronomyOpticsChromatographyPaleontologyDetectorIsotope Analysis in EcologyGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchArchaeology and ancient environmental studies