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Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry University of Central Arkansas 205 Laney Hall Conway, AR 72034 501-450-5795 ksteel@uca.edu |
1998, BA Chemistry, Hendrix College 1999, Watson Fellow 2004, PhD Chemistry, Texas A&M University |
Our
laboratory
uses analytical
chemistry to aid in archaeological studies. Research is currently
focused
upon radiocarbon dating methodology and residue analysis using
GC/MS. In our radiocarbon dating work, we utilize the properties of oxygen plasmas, electricaly excited oxygen gas ignited with a radio frequency generator, to collect carbon from rock paintings and other archaeological materials for accelerator mass spectrometry 14C measurement. |