Describe how carbon-14 (radiocarbon) dating of artifacts is done.
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half life of carbon is 5730 year.
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the age of artefacts can be discovers by knowing the amount of carbon 14 present in the sample which is present in all day old days and it is compare with the sample of nowadays according to the amount of c14 we can find the age for example if assemble of artefacts is containing 0.5 grams of carbon 14 and new sample is contains 1 gram carbon 14 then age of the artefact is 5730/2= 2865 years
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Radiocarbon dating works by comparing the three different isotopes of carbon. Isotopes of a particular element have the same number of protons in their nucleus, but different numbers of neutrons. This means that although they are very similar chemically, they have different masses.
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