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RADIOCARBON  

Definition

  • Radiocarbon refers to radioactive carbon especially carbon-14, but also carbon-10 and carbon-12. Carbon-14 is a heavy radioactive isotope of Carbon having a mass of 14 and a half-life of 5730 +/-40 years. Carbon-14 is useful in dating organic materials during the last 50,000 years. (en)

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  • 2012-06-26 14:48:07.0 [gee-cee] Insert Concept add broader relation (RADIOCARBON [8f4e90e0-aea0-40cd-b781-a6a69a6e6cb3,40013] - LAND RECORDS [2bedb6b3-6e92-42e2-b382-60e2a6aab8e9,39979]);
  • 2012-07-23 17:26:53.0 [mpmorahan] insert Definition (id: null text: Radiocarbon refers to radioactive carbon especially carbon-14, but also carbon-10 and carbon-12. Carbon-14 is a heavy radioactive isotope of Carbon having a mass of 14 and a half-life of 5730 +/-40 years. Carbon-14 is useful in dating organic materials during the last 50,000 years. language code: en);

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