  A recent study by Wylie et al 2006 has revealed that s-process element
abundances are enhanced relative to iron in both red giant branch and
asymptotic giant branch stars of 47 Tucanae. A more detailed investigation into
s-process element abundances throughout the colour-magnitude diagram of 47
Tucanae is vital in order to determine whether the observed enhancements are
intrinsic to the cluster. This paper explores this possibility through
observational and theoretical means. The visibility of s- and r-process element
lines in synthetic spectra of giant and dwarf stars throughout the colour
magnitude diagram of 47 Tucanae has been explored. It was determined that a
resolving power of 10 000 was sufficient to observe s-process element abundance
variations in globular cluster giant branch stars. These synthetic results were
compared with the spectra of eleven 47 Tucanae giant branch stars observed
during the performance verification of the Robert Stobie Spectrograph on the
Southern African Large Telescope. Three s-process elements, Zr, Ba, Nd, and one
r-process element, Eu, were investigated. No abundance variations were found
such that [X/Fe] = 0.0 +/- 0.5 dex. It was concluded that this resolving power,
R ~ 5000, was not sufficient to obtain exact abundances but upper limits on the
s-process element abundances could be determined.
