(Source: University of Bristol) The University of Bristol is delighted to announce the arrival of a new radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility in the UK. The Bristol Radiocarbon Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (BRAMS) is based on one of the new generation of ultra-compact high-precision AMS instruments and will be used for 14C analysis in environmental, archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research. The term ultra-compact is relative, as the instrument weighs 4.5 metric tonnes and needed an industrial forklift truck...
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