Projects funded by external institutions or industry incur higher rates plus GST. The commercial rate covers all other users. Rates are in Australian dollars, excluding GST, and per sample. AMS Radiocarbon Analysis (14C) costs $600 per sample at the Commercial Rate, while Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS, 13C, 15N) costs $70 per sample. Typical turnaround time is three months. No expedited service is offered for an additional fee.

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Research Rate

UNSW-subsidised rates are applicable to UNSW-funded projects. The Research Rate applies to all other universities and government institutions, including ANSTO and CSIRO. Samples may be provided pre-treated from previously approved laboratories under the Research Rate. Rates are in Australian dollars, excluding GST, and per sample. AMS Radiocarbon Analysis (14C) costs $400 per sample at the Research Rate, while Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS, 13C, 15N) costs $50 per sample. The facility supports a limited number of collaborative projects at Research Rates and provides cost support through additional sample analysis. Typical turnaround time is three months. No expedited service is offered for an additional fee.

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Services

6 services · 3 categorys

AMS Radiocarbon Analysis

$400.00

AMS Radiocarbon Analysis, Commercial

$600.00

Chemical Sample Pre-treatment

Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry

$50.00

Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, Commercial

$70.00

Wood Pre-processing

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The Chronos Radiocarbon Laboratory is Australia’s newest radiocarbon accelerator, providing high precision, rapid, low-cost dating back to 55,000 years. The facility makes thousands of radiocarbon measurements a year for both research and industry. We focus on supporting research into environmental history, archaeology and climate change. We specialise in dating ancient wood, charcoal, shells, peat and lake sediments.

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