METHOD OF DETERMINING CYCLIC CARBON CONTENT IN SAMPLE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING CONTENT OF CYCLIC CARBON MATERIAL IN SAMPLE

摘要

A method for determining a cyclic carbon content in a sample including burning a sample to generate carbon dioxide gas and measuring a total 14 C amount in the sample from the carbon dioxide gas; burning the sample to confirm presence or absence of ash; when ash is present, treating the sample with an acid to generate carbon dioxide gas and measuring a 14 C amount from the carbon dioxide gas; correcting the total 14 C amount in the sample with the 14 C amount measured by the acid treatment; and calculating a cyclic carbon content in the sample from the corrected total 14 C amount in the sample.