Carbon-14
Benzene Synthesis and Carbon-14 Laboratory
Facility for carbon-14 dating by liquid scintillation counting. CO2 gas is released from the sample by compustion (organics) or acidification (carbonates), converted to benzene through intermediary reactions and purification steps for beta-counting on a brand new Backard TRI-CARB 1050 TR/LL liquid scintillation analyzer.
For information concerning the latest status of the carbon-14 dating procedure, contact:
Dr. Larry Benninger
Department of Geological Sciences
323 Mitchell Hall, CB#3315
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315
email: lbenning at email dot unc.edu
telephone: (919) 962-0699
fax: (919) 966-4519
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