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Determination of radiocarbon content in liquid fuel blends by accelerator mass spectrometry and liquid scintillation counting in the gliwice radiocarbon and mass spectrometry laboratory

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Jean Baptiste Baranyika Open the ORCID record for Jean Baptiste Baranyika [Opens in a new window] ,
Natalia Piotrowska Open the ORCID record for Natalia Piotrowska [Opens in a new window]  and
Adam Michczyński Open the ORCID record for Adam Michczyński [Opens in a new window]
Jean Baptiste Baranyika*
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics – Centre for Science and Education, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Natalia Piotrowska
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics – Centre for Science and Education, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Adam Michczyński
Affiliation:
Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Physics – Centre for Science and Education, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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Corresponding author: Jean Baptiste Baranyika; Email: jean.baptiste.baranyika@polsl.pl
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Abstract

The increase in biobased material usage requires the methods of verification to investigate the actual content of biocarbon in such materials, including liquid fuels. The determination of biocarbon in liquid samples using 14C required adaptation of existing sample preparation methods. In this study, both accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) and liquid scintillation counting (LSC) methods were used to determine the content of 14C in six different liquid fuel blends produced from purely bio-based hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and a 14C-free petrodiesel sample (ON/UF-BC). The results obtained for pure petrodiesel provide background values. The results indicate a good agreement between LSC and AMS, and a linear correlation between the 14C measurement results for blended samples and HVO content affirmed the reproducibility between the two methods. The repeatability of AMS results was tested on 10 aliquots of one of the blends, and the results were deemed reproducible.

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AMScarbon isotopesfuel blendsLSCMICADASradiocarbon content
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Radiocarbon , First View , pp. 1 - 11
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