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A Simple Method for the Dry Combustion of 14C‐Labeled Materials
Author(s) -
Burnison B. Kent,
Perez Kenneth T.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934429
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , wax , environmental science , chloroform , contamination , combustion , biological system , biochemical engineering , environmental chemistry , chemistry , ecology , biology , chromatography , organic chemistry , engineering , philosophy , epistemology
Current methods for the determination of radioactive carbon in samples of biological material are either expensive, elaborate, dangerous, time consuming, or subject to contamination. A simple and inexpensive method is described here which eliminates these disadvantages and allows for the determination of 14C—activity in simple (14C—glucose) or complex (chloroform extract of ground 14C—labeled wax moth larvae) compounds.