the isotope of carbon used in carbon dating
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Basic Principles of Carbon Dating. Radiocarbon, or carbon 14, is an isotope of the element carbon that is unstable and weakly radioactive. Thestable isotopes are carbon 12 and carbon 13. Carbon 14 is continually being formed in the upper atmosphere by the effect of cosmic ray neutrons on nitrogen 14 atoms.
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Basic Principles of Carbon Dating. Radiocarbon, or carbon 14, is an isotope of the element carbon that is unstable and weakly radioactive. The stableisotopes are carbon 12 and carbon 13. Carbon 14 is continually being formed in the upper atmosphere by the effect of cosmic ray neutrons on nitrogen 14 atoms.
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