Materials with known ¹⁴C activities

IAEA-C2, Travertine

Unit Size: 50 g
Price per Unit: 130 €
Date of Release: 1991
Reference Sheet (pdf-format)

IAEA-C2 was obtained from a fresh water travertine deposit collected near Munich, Germany and homogenised by the IAEA. The recommended value of the quality control material is the result of the statistical evaluation of an interlaboratory comparison exercise [1].

Analyte	Value	Unit	SD	R/I/C
δ13C	-8.3	‰PDB	0.3	I
14C	41.14	pMC	0.03	R

(R/I/C) Classification assigned to the property value for analyte (Recommended/Information/Certified)

References:

1. Rozanski, K., Stichler, W., Gonfiantini, R., Scott, E.M., Beukens, R.P., Kromer, B., van der Plicht, J. (1992): The IAEA ¹⁴C Intercomparison exercise 1990. Radiocarbon, vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 506 519.