Welcome to Beta Analytic

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• ISO 17025 Accredited and ISO 9001 conformant
• Trusted worldwide by more than 9,500 researchers, universities, institutions, and government agencies
• Analyzing more than 12,000 samples each year
• More than 280,000 analyses performed since 1979
• Results routinely available within 2-3 weeks via web access

Beta Analytic is a dedicated radiocarbon dating laboratory. Its sole mission is to provide academic and industrial researchers with highly accurate radiocarbon dating results within the quoted delivery time.

Beta Analytic clients are welcome to send samples without prior communication directly to the lab in the US or to the facility in London, UK (samples forwarded to the US overnight). All correspondence and billing is done through the lab in Miami, Florida. Clients have three billing currency options – Euros, GBP, or US dollars. Billing in other currencies also available upon request.

Accuracy and Quality

Beta Analytic is an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited testing laboratory operating in conformance with ISO 9001:2008 management system requirements. It has demonstrated both the technical competency and management system requirements necessary to consistently deliver accurate and valid test results. These standards are universally recognized as the highest level of quality attainable by a testing laboratory.

Timely Delivery of Results

Clients will obtain results on the quoted delivery date depending on the chosen delivery service, ranging from 2 to 3 working days to 20 to 25 working days. Please contact info@radiocarbon.eu for delivery service options and an updated price list in Euros, GBP, or US dollars.

Prompt Response to Inquiries

Communication before and after sample submittal is welcome. Beta Analytic associates are available to respond to radiocarbon dating inquiries during these working hours - 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST from Mondays thru Fridays. Replies to price list and delivery service inquiries are sent within 24 hours.

Professional Radiocarbon Dating Services

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) analysis is recommended for smaller samples (with as little as 100 micrograms of final carbon) and Radiometric Analysis for larger samples (containing 2 to 4 grams final carbon). These two radiocarbon dating methods are equally accurate for optimal sized samples although AMS radiocarbon dating will always provide better precision.

NOTE: Radiometric dating is lower in cost, but AMS radiocarbon dating needs smaller sample size and has higher precision.

Contact Persons

Darden Hood, President, e-mail: dhood@radiocarbon.eu

Ron Hatfield, Deputy Director, e-mail: rhatfield@radiocarbon.eu

Chris Patrick, Deputy Director, e-mail: cpatrick@radiocarbon.eu

Lethia Cerda, administrative and accounting matters, e-mail Lcerda@radiocarbon.eu