T02_P10

System for graphitization of CO₂ samples - development status.

Kłosok K^1,2,  Rakowski A¹, Kolarczyk A², Miłosz S², Tudyka K¹

¹Silesian University Of Technology, Gliwice, Poland, ²miDose Solutions, Zabrze, Poland

The accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) technique is widely used in radiocarbon dating and biocomponent determination due to the possible measurement of small samples with a carbon content of about 1 mg.

The design of a line for graphitisation of carbon dioxide samples for radiocarbon dating, along with the results of acceptance tests, have been presented in scientific articles (Krąpiec et al. 2018, Wiktorowski et al. 2020). Currently, within the Innovation Incubator 4.0 project, a prototype of an automatic line for graphitisation of samples, is being developed, which will allow to significantly reduce the time needed to prepare samples for measurement. The result of this project is expected to be a commercial device for automatic graphitisation of samples.