Which isotopes of carbon are used in carbon dating
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Basic Principles of Carbon Dating
Radiocarbon (carbon 14) is an isotope of the element carbon that is unstable and weakly radioactive. The stable isotopes are carbon 12 and carbon 13.
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carbon 14 is used in carbon dating
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While plants are alive, they take in carbon through photosynthesis. ... On the other hand, carbon-14 is radioactive and decays into nitrogen-14 over time. Every 5,730 years, the radioactivity of carbon-14 decays by half. That half-life is critical to radiocarbon dating.
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