It is important to measure the rare long-life radioisotopes such as 40K and 129I etc. in neutrino detector material. A new method based on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) is being developed for measurement of these trace elements. At present, the main nuclides to be measured include 40K in CsI and Liquid Scintillators (LS), and 129I in CsI. For the measurement of 40K, a series of 40K standard of samples are being made and chemical procedures explored for LS sample to make the samples suitable for AMS measurement. 129I measurement is based on the established procedures, which have a detection limit of about 10-13 for 129I/127I. The background of 40K in ion source has been checked by using ultra-pure copper target, the result shows a detection limit of <10-15g 40K/g may be achieved.
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