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A new atom identification and detection technique for ultrasensitive mass spectrometry has been applied to the radionuclide 36Cl. Measurements of the 36Cl/Cl ratio in AgCl precipitated from six different natural water samples fell in the range 1.2 × 10−13−2 × 10−12 with a background level below 3 × 10−15. For each sample 70 mg of AgCl was used, requiring 1–51 of water.
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Elmore, D., Fulton, B., Clover, M. et al. Analysis of 36Cl in environmental water samples using an electrostatic accelerator. Nature 277, 22–25 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277022a0
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