Our AMS combustion lines were first built in 1996 by Dr.Tom Higham (now Oxford University) and our graphite lines started producing commercial AMS samples in 2002.Radiocarbon dating is one of the best known archaeological dating techniques available to scientists, and the many people in the general public have at least heard of it.But there are many misconceptions about how radiocarbon works and how reliable a technique it is.

They have the same ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12 as the atmosphere, and this same ratio is then carried up the food chain all the way to apex predators, like sharks.

Initially the laboratory was run as a research unit measuring radiocarbon determinations for staff and student projects.

During the first five years 304 determinations were measured.

What methods do they use and how do these methods work?

In this article, we will examine the methods by which scientists use radioactivity to determine the age of objects, most notably carbon-14 dating.