Augusto Moreno is credited with establishing the first radiocarbon (14C) laboratory in Mexico in the 1950s, however, 14C measurement with the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) technique was not achieved in our country until 2003. Douglas Donahue from the University of Arizona, a pioneer in using AMS for 14C dating, participated in that experiment; then, the idea of establishing a 14C AMS laboratory evolved into a feasible project. This was finally reached in 2013, thanks to the technological developments in AMS and sample preparation with automated equipment, and the backing and support of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the National Council for Science and Technology. The Mexican AMS Laboratory, LEMA, with a compact 1 MV system from High Voltage Engineering Europa, and its sample preparation laboratories with IonPlus automated graphitization equipment, is now a reality.

奥古斯托·莫雷诺在 1950 年代在墨西哥建立了第一个放射性碳 ( 14 C) 实验室，然而，直到 2003 年，我国才使用加速器质谱 (AMS) 技术进行14 C 测量。亚利桑那大学的 Douglas Donahue ，使用 AMS 进行14 C 测年的先驱，参与了该实验；然后，建立一个14的想法C AMS 实验室演变成一个可行的项目。这最终在 2013 年实现，这要归功于 AMS 和自动化设备样品制备的技术发展，以及墨西哥国立自治大学和国家科学技术委员会的支持和支持。拥有来自 High Voltage Engineering Europa 的紧凑型 1 MV 系统的墨西哥 AMS 实验室 LEMA 及其配备 IonPlus 自动石墨化设备的样品制备实验室现已成为现实。