Göran Skog
Senior lecturer
Al-26 at the AMS facility in Lund
Author
Summary, in English
To broaden the AMS programme in Lund by including Al studies, a new injector has been installed and tested at the 3 MV Pelletron accelerator. Detailed optical calculations have been performed to obtain maximum mass and energy resolution. The design of the injector, the improvement in the resolution compared to the old injector, as well as preliminary tests with a Al-26-beam, are presented. By using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) to measure the long-lived aluminium isotope Al-26 it has become possible to study the uptake, distribution and retention of aluminium in biological system under physiologically realistic conditions. Results from a pilot project on Al-26 in wheat plants are presented.
Department/s
- Nuclear physics
- Department of Biology
- Department of Physics
- Quaternary Sciences
Publishing year
2004
Language
English
Pages
130-134
Publication/Series
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume
223-24
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Subatomic Physics
- Geology
- Ecology
Status
Published
Research group
- AMS, Nuclear Physics
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0168-583X