A Suitable procedure for preparing of water samples used in radiocarbon intercomparison

放射性炭素濃度の相互比較のための水試料の適切な作成手順

高橋 浩*; 南 雅代*; 荒巻 能史*; 半田 宙子*; 國分 陽子   ; 伊藤 茂*; 熊本 雄一郎*

Takahashi, Hiroshi*; Minami, Masayo*; Aramaki, Takafumi*; Handa, Hiroko*; Kokubu, Yoko; Ito, Shigeru*; Kumamoto, Yuichiro*

水試料の放射性炭素の研究機関ごとの比較プログラムを実施するためには、適切な比較試料を配布することが重要である。そのために、人工的に調製した試料を用いることが必要で、その調製法や均質性についての検討を実施した。さらに、作製した試料を用いて国内の関連機関による相互比較を実施した。

Water sample for interlaboratory comparison (here after "comparison water") must have inalterable C concentration during the comparison campaign and inter-batches homogeneity. In this study, the procedure for preparing of comparison water was discussed. We employed that comparison waters were artificially made by mixing chemical reagents, controlling C concentration and chemical composition. We could prepare six comparison waters, having 1, 14, 37, 56, 72 and 100 pMC, respectively. The stable carbon isotopic values and chemical compositions of some batches were measured to exanimate the inter- batches homogeneity. The C discrepancies among the batches were negligible for the inter-laboratory comparison. Finally, the results of trial comparison in Japan will be presented. Most of C results of CO extracted by six laboratories showed good agreements each other.