Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring isotope carbon-14 to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to ca 60,000 years.

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Matter & Energy

Materials Science

Fossils & Ruins

Within archaeology it is considered an absolute dating technique.

For more information about the topic Radiocarbon dating, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:

Carbon-14 — Carbon-14, 14C, or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon discovered on February 27, 1940, by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben. Its nucleus ... > read more

Isotope — Isotopes are forms of an element whose nuclei have the same atomic number–-the number of protons in the nucleus--but different mass numbers ... > read more

Carbon — Carbon is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol C and atomic number 6. Carbon occurs in all organic life and is the basis of ... > read more

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