AbstractsChemistry

An investigation of a new method for potassiumargon age determination

by Ira Lynus Barnes




Institution: University of Hawaii
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Degree: PhD
Year: 1963
Keywords: Potassium-argon dating
Record ID: 1558132
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/11378


Abstract

Typescript. Bibliography: leaves 107-113. viii, 114 l illus., diagrs., tables It was the object of this research to investigate the possibility of a new method for potassium-argon age determination based on isotope dilution with a radioactive isotope which would not necessarily require the use of a mass spectrometer. The diffusion of argon through artificial glasses was to be determined. Also a number of the assumptions regarding the operation of an ultra-high vacuum system when used statically as a part of the general apparatus for argon determination were to be investigated.