radiocarbon

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A radioactive isotope of carbon, especially 146C
{i} radioactive isotope of carbon (Chemistry)
Radiocarbon is a type of carbon which is radioactive, and which therefore breaks up slowly at a regular rate. Its presence in an object can be measured in order to find out how old the object is. The most frequently used method is radiocarbon dating
A radioactive isotope of carbon, especially
a radioactive isotope of carbon
radiocarbon dating
A method of estimating the age of an artifact or biological vestige based on the relative amounts of the different isotopes of carbon present in a sample
radiocarbon dating
The determination of the approximate age of an ancient object, such as an archaeological specimen, by measuring the amount of carbon 14 it contains. Also called carbon dating, carbon-14 dating. carbon dating
radiocarbon dating
a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
radiocarbon