TY - JOUR A1 - Merchel, S. A1 - Bremser, Wolfram A1 - Alfimov, V. A1 - Arnold, M. A1 - Aumaître, G. A1 - Benedetti, L. A1 - Bourlès, D.L. A1 - Caffee, M. A1 - Fifield, L.K. A1 - Finkel, R.C. A1 - Freeman, S.P.H.T. A1 - Martschini, M. A1 - Matsushi, Y. A1 - Rood, D.H. A1 - Sasa, K. A1 - Steier, P. A1 - Takahashi, T. A1 - Tamari, M. A1 - Tims, S.G. A1 - Tosaki, Y. A1 - Wilken, K. M. A1 - Xu, S. T1 - Ultra-trace analysis of 36Cl by accelerator mass spectrometry: an interlaboratory study N2 - A first international 36Cl interlaboratory comparison has been initiated. Evaluation of the final results of the eight participating accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) laboratories on three synthetic AgCl samples with 36Cl/Cl ratios at the 10-11, 10-12, and 10-13 level shows no difference in the sense of simple statistical significance. However, more detailed statistical analyses demonstrate certain interlaboratory bias and underestimation of uncertainties by some laboratories. Following subsequent remeasurement and reanalysis of the data from some AMS facilities, the round-robin data indicate that 36Cl/Cl data from two individual AMS laboratories can differ by up to 17%. Thus, the demand for further work on harmonising the 36Cl-system on a worldwide scale and enlarging the improvement of measurements is obvious. KW - Accelerator mass spectrometry KW - Long-lived radionuclides KW - Cosmogenic nuclides KW - Exposure dating PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-4979-2 SN - 1618-2642 SN - 1618-2650 VL - 400 IS - 9 SP - 3125 EP - 3132 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-23676 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -