what is carbon dating
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Radiocarbon dating, also known as the C14 dating method, is a way of telling how old an object is. It is a type of radiometric dating. The method uses the radioactive isotope carbon-14. Most organic matter contains carbon.This makes it possible to tell the age of substances that contain carbon.
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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