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WHAT IS CARBON DATING?

Radiocarbondating is the technique used to determine the age of plants and fossils .Carbon has 3  naturally occurring isotopes C12 ,C13 and C14 .Of the three, C14 is radioactive in nature and has a half life of 5730 years .Scientists measure the strength of C14 in the plant or fossil and compare it with the expected strength of C14 in the atmosphere to compute the age.



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