how would you appreciate the'carbon dating method ' that helps in finding out the age of fossils?
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Because of the short length of the carbon-14 half-life, carbon dating is only accurate for items that are thousands to tens of thousands of years old. Most rocks of interest are much older than this. Geologists must therefore use elements with longer half-lives.
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the amount of carbon 14 which is present in a particular Rock helps us to find the age of the fossils.
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- Carbon dating is a very important process for the dating of rocks as old as 1000 years. this is important because carbon 14 is a radioactive compound. As a result of this it gets broken down into smaller substances.
- By finding out the amount of carbon 14 which is present in a definite Fossil we can find out the age of the Fossil if we know the half life of carbon 14.
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Name the radiation which is used in carbon dating? Please give me ..
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