title: (26)Al investigations at the AMS-laboratory in Lund.
abstract: At the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) laboratory in Lund, a facility for (26)Al analysis is under development. The sensitivity is expected to be several orders of magnitude higher than with standard mass spectrometry. The planned biomedical program includes studies of aluminium uptake, distribution and retention in man. The initial work has been concentrated on the construction and testing of a new dedicated injector for the accelerator and on the preparation of biological samples for aluminium analysis. The current quality of the facility is presented and the first experimental results reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Lund University, Sölvegatan 14, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden. mikko.faarinen@nuclear.lu.se
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faarinen
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Magnusson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hellborg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mattsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiisk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Skog
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stenström
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D000863:Antacids / Q000737:chemistry; D003836:Deodorants / Q000737:chemistry; D015314:Dialysis Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D005504:Food Analysis; D006207:Half-Life; D007554:Isotopes / Q000032:analysis; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D000863:Antacids; D003836:Deodorants; D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D007554:Isotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D000535:Aluminum