The 14C AMS facility at LABEC, Florence

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for 14 C Dating

“…As an example of one of these systems, Figure 16.3 shows the layout of the AMS facility at the LABEC laboratory in Florence, [28] where a 3 MV tandem accelerator by High Voltage Engineering Europe (HVEE) is installed.…”

Preliminary measurements on the new TOF system installed at the AMS beamline of INFN-LABEC

“…Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) measurements are routinely performed at the Tandem accelerator of LABEC (Laboratorio di tecniche nucleari per l'Ambiente e i Beni Culturali), INFN-Firenze [1]. As it is well known, Tandem accelerators allow for the suppression of molecular isobars thanks to their fragmentation during the charge-exchange stripping process at the high voltage terminal, while magnetic and electrostatic analyzers, operating on both the low and the high energy sides of the beamline, are used to discriminate among beam characteristics (energy, charge and mass) and to remove unwanted ions from the beam.…”

Applications of radiocarbon measurements in environmental studies at INFN-LABEC, Florence

“…This paper will discuss the application of 14 C-AMS to both marine sediments dating and particulate matter measurements, focusing on the activity of INFN-LABEC, Florence. The main equipment of LABEC is a 3 MV Tandem accelerator; six beam lines have been installed so far: one is dedicated to AMS [6], the others are dedicated to Ion Beam Analysis measurements (see for example [7][8][9]). …”