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iogann1982 [59]
3 years ago
15

Why is carbon used to date things that were once living?

Chemistry
1 answer:
Oliga [24]3 years ago
6 0

Explanation:

Because carbon-14 decays at this constant rate, an estimate of the date at which an organism died can be made by measuring the amount of its residual radiocarbon. ... The carbon-14 method was developed by the American physicist Willard F.

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