Abstract:
A new analytical method, using SnF
2 target and extracting SnF
3- molecular negative ions, was developed at CIAE HI-13 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry System for measurement of
126Sn. The development of the
126Sn calibration standard for AMS measurement and the preparation flow of target materials SnF
2 were described in this paper. The results indicate that the extraction ion form SnF
3- can depress the interference of
126Te as much as 2-3 order of magnitude. A perfect linearity (R
2=0.999) between measured and nominal
126Sn/Sn atom number ratios was obtained by using three standard samples with
126Sn/Sn atom number ratios of 1.033×10
-8, 4.54×10
-9, and 6.43×10
-10. A sensitivity of (1.92±1.13)×10
-10(
126Sn/Sn) was reached by measuring a blank sample.