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Mandarinka [93]
3 years ago
9

Why can't scientists simply use carbon-12 (12C) do determine

Chemistry
1 answer:
Alex3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

carbon-12 is not radioactive

Explanation:

The measurement of the age of dead carbon based life forms requires the use of a radioactive isotope hence it is often referred to as radiocarbon dating.

Carbon-12 and Carbon-14 occur together in living things.The half life of Carbon-14 is about 5670 years.

Hence, since Carbon-12 is not radioactive, it can not be used to measure the age of dead carbon based materials.

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