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Analyzing organic residues for archaeology makes it possible to identify oils, fermented beverages, resins, fats, perfumes used in remote times and understand the habits and...

Test the naturalness of your active ingredients, excipients and finished products using radiocarbon analysis with CIRAM laboratories. Carbon 14 and stable isotopes can be...

CIRAM is exhibitor and sponsor of the EAA (European Association of Archaeologists), Belfast between August 28 and September 2!

Discover the authentication of glass objects based on their chemical composition, analysis of alterations and deposits. Discover the analytical protocol implemented by CIRAM...

Laboratories CIRAM - C14 Analysis and Isotopes - remain open in August!

Radiocarbon analysis of biogas and smoke by CIRAM. Biogas offers new prospects for biofuels. In addition, the analysis of chimney smoke is one of the criteria for establishing...

Luminescence dating by TL and OSL is, along with carbon-14 dating, one of the specialties of CIRAM laboratories.

Date your objects before the Parcours des Mondes!

Authenticating a painting with carbon-14: this is the method for dating the support (canvas, wood, paper, cardboard...)

Opt for bio-sourced insulating materials, such as those from Relais Métisse.

Find out more about the CIRAM laboratories for Archaeology, Biosourced Industry and the Art Market in this video.

Discover CIRAM's analytical methods and protocols used to respond to these industrial issues with EA-IRMS from Elementar France.

The 37th Rencontres de l'Association Française pour l'Archéologie du Verre (AFAV) will be held from June 23 to 25, 2023, in Douai.

Anthracology in archaeology is the discipline that identifies charcoal in order to reconstruct the botanical environment of a period, while also providing invaluable assistance...

It's impossible to talk about metal in general, as there are many differences between a bronze (copper-tin alloy), brass (copper-zinc alloy), cast iron, silver or gold.

And the winner for a free C14 analysis is....

Come and meet CIRAM on its stand and try to win a carbon 14 analysis!

Thanks to the industrial issues surrounding bio-based products, carbon-14 dating is no longer limited to the dating of archaeological artefacts. It is now used to quantify...

Révéler l'invisible d'un tableau à l'aide de l'imagerie scientifique. L’analyse scientifique des tableaux est indispensable pour dater le support,...

Why is 1954 a carbon-14 frontier? Atomic bombs and atmospheric nuclear testing have artificially increased the amount of carbon-14 in the air. CIRAM laboratories explain the...

To authenticate stone objects, CIRAM laboratories observe the passage of time and the alteration of materials. Our scientists achieve a thorough study through an effective...

Born from CIRAM innovation, augmented carbon 14 dating dates your Tribal Art objects, no longer to within 250 or 300 years, but with an accuracy of only a few decades.

In this article, CIRAM scientists explain the protocol used for Carbon-14 dating of bioapatite.

Methods to understand the diet of our ancestors have been diversifying for more than a decade in archaeology, but also in anthropology thanks to new physicochemical techniques....

The thermoluminescence test (TL test) is, along with carbon-14 dating, one of CIRAM's specialties. This technique makes it possible to date the last heating of an object,...

The French and European standard NF EN 16640 explains the method to be used to measure the biobased carbon content of materials.

CIRAM Laboratories is participating in an inter-laboratory performance evaluation.

Méthode de datation, calibration des résultats ou encore interprétation, découvrez les techniques utilisées par les laboratoires CIRAM pour...

Discover the use of carbon-14 for archaeological analysis of peat thanks to CIRAM laboratories.

Come meet the CIRAM teams on site March 20-23, 2023!

Analytical method, sampling conditions, and benefits of strontium analysis, CIRAM Laboratories follows all protocols for an accurate and thorough study.

If the C14 dating of living beings is the most known analysis, it remains more complex for marine organisms.

CIRAM Laboratories explain in detail the ASTM D6866 standard to be followed to measure the biobased carbon content of your ingredients or your suppliers' products.

A great honor for our teams there.

Looking forward to seeing you around town...

CIRAM's approval as an organization performing research eligible for the research tax credit (RTC) renewed through 2025.

CIRAM now ensures continuity of its analytical services with the installation of a generator.

Bones are, along with charcoal and ceramics, the most common materials uncovered in archaeological excavations. They are ideally suited for radiocarbon dating by mass spectrometry...

CIRAM is granted CIR approval through 2022 and has applied for renewal for 2023-2025.

Our scientific, commercial and administrative teams continue to support you in all your day-to-day issues.

As of May 11, CIRAM will resume near normal activity.

CIRAM helps solve an international puzzle in Singapore.

Our R&D programme is progressing and allows us to envisage a new technological coupling process combining OSL dating and Carbon 14 dating.

An R&D programme launched by CIRAM.

The calibration phase is successful.

Find our experts at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne

Learn about the new carbon-14 rates at CIRAM laboratories.