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<body leftmargin="0" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" text="#000080" link="#0000FF" vlink="#008000" alink="#800080"><font face="Century Gothic">  <h2 align="center"><font size="4">AMS Radiocarbon Dating Lab </font></h2> <p align="center"><img src="_themes/irka3/sumhorsa.gif" width="600" height="10"></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="margin-left: 50"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma">Welcome </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">to the web page of the </span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <sup>14</sup>C </span><span lang="EN-GB"> dating group at the ETH/PSI AMS facility in Zurich, Switzerland</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="margin-left: 50"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="margin-left: 50"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma">The AMS Radiocarbon laboratory</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> at the ETH Zurich had been operating for the last 20 years </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="margin-left: 50"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma">For the last 15 years</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> we have been involved in numerous </span><span lang="EN-GB">projects</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> in Archaeology, Climate research as well as dating of art objects and textiles.</o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="margin-left: 50"><span lang="EN-GB">We process</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma"> Small samples</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> (1-2 mg of pure Carbon) of wood, charcoal, bone, ivory, carbonate, textile, macrofossils and other material.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="margin-left: 50"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Tahoma">Each month</span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> a set of 100-150 samples is prepared and <sup>14</sup>C ages are measured. That is basically our turnaround time. For m<o:p>ore information on submitting sample, prices, expertise contact   <a href="mailto:bonani@phys.ethz.ch">Dr. Georges Bonani</a> or  <a href="mailto:hajdas@phys.ethz.ch">Dr. Irka Hajdas.</a><o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"></o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>  </font></body>