Carbon Dating-P4
Part of "Uses of radioactive materials" lesson
- Created by: Shannon
- Created on: 03-04-13 11:29
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- Carbon Dating
- Cosmic ray protons
- The rate at which C-14 (unstable) isotope decays into N-14 (stable) isoptope
- Half life decay
- Ratio of C-12 to C-14 found in the atmosphere at the time of the specimen's death
- Constant rate
- Half life of 5730
- Half decayed-estimate when dead
- Half life of 5730
- Constant rate
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