Nondestructive (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Marvin Rowe. Eric Blinman. Jeffrey Cox. John Martin. Mark MacKenzie.

A decade ago, with partial funding from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, marvin Rowe and his students at TexasA&M University developed a cold plasma oxidation method for"nondestructive" radiocarbon sampling of organic materials. This sampling approach is applied to the whole artifact, is carried out under vacuum, plasma temperatures can be maintained below 100C, only organic carbon is oxidized (carbonate and oxalate are not sampled), and sampling leaves the artifact...