Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
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ISBN: 9781337399074
Author: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 25, Problem 8PS
Interpretation Introduction
Interpretation:
Reason for the carbon-14 dating is limited to the range of 100 to 60,000 years has to be explained.
Concept introduction:
Carbon is one of the chemical elements. The 6 proton +6 neutron atoms are said to have a mass of 12 and are referred to as Carbon-12.
Radiocarbon dating or carbon-14 dating is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
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