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3 years ago

The decay of which radioisotope can be used to estimate the age of the fossilized remains of an insect?

Chemistry

2 answers:

exis [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

C-14

Explanation:

Carbon-14 is a naturally occurring isotope of carbon.

It is present in all living organism.

When a living organism dies or fossilized, the radioactive carbon-14 undergoes disintegration.

If we can measure the amount of Carbon-14 left in a fossil we can determine the age of the dead organism.

This is known as carbon dating.

Dmitriy789 [7]3 years ago

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(4) C-14 Carbon is found in all living organisms.

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