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What Time Period Can Carbon-14 Dates Have? |
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Answer» CARBON 14 has a half-life of 5,730 YEARS, and therefore it can be used to date very accurately a large majority of things, particularly wood and so on. It is only not USEFUL for ancient things where all the carbon 14 will have gone, or almost gone – and for these there are other isotopes of other elements, that can be used with a MUCH LONGER half-life. Carbon 14 has a half-life of 5,730 years, and therefore it can be used to date very accurately a large majority of things, particularly wood and so on. It is only not useful for ancient things where all the carbon 14 will have gone, or almost gone – and for these there are other isotopes of other elements, that can be used with a much longer half-life. |
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