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Potassium-argon dating by activation with fast neutrons
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When a potassium-bearing mineral is irradiated by a neutron flux containing a significant fraction of fast neutrons, 270-year Ar39 is produced by the K39 (n, p) reaction, and this may be used as a basis for measuring the potassium-argon age of the mineral. Wänke and Konig [1959] described such a method in which counting techniques were used to detect the Ar39, as well as Ar41 produced by the Ar40 (n, γ) reaction. A calculation of the potassium content for a single sample would require a knowledge of the flux-energy distribution in the reactor and the excitation function of the K39 (n, p) reaction. The uncertainties of this calculation can be avoided, however, by comparing the (Ar40/Ar39) ratio in the unknown sample with that quantity in a sample of known age, given the same irradiation.
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- Authors
- Merrihue, C., & Turner, G.
- Venue
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 1966-06-01
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2852-2857
- ISSN
- 0148-0227 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1977709690
- Cited by
- 421
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 6.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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