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Can radiocarbon dating be used to determine the age of pottery?
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∙ 13y ago
No. radio carbon dating is only efficient for the fossils of plants or animals. As pottery is an abiotic substance its age cannot be determined by carbon dating
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Radiocarbon dating would be useful in dating the age of the earth?
Radiocarbon dating cannot be used to determine the age of fossils or "of the earth" because these materials no longer have radiocarbon or have negligible amount of radiocarbon.
What is used to determine the age of organic remains?
Various methods of dating are available to date organic remains. Probably the most well known of these is carbon dating.
What absolute dating technique has been used to calibrate radiocarbon dates?
Dendrochronology (tree rings) is one of the methods used to calibrate radiocarbon dates.
Can radiocarbon dating be used to determine the age of dinosaur fossils?
no , b/c the fossils are older than 50,000 years old & contain too little carbon-14 to be measurable
Could a flint blade of a prehistoric ax be used for radiocarbon dating?
No, radiocarbon dating cannot be done (or provide useful information on) materials that did not come from living organisms or have not assimilated carbon 14 during its lifetime.
Radiocarbon dating would be useful in dating the age of the earth?
Radiocarbon dating cannot be used to determine the age of fossils or "of the earth" because these materials no longer have radiocarbon or have negligible amount of radiocarbon.
What process was used to determine the age of the Lascaux Cave paintings?
radiocarbon dating
The radioisotopoe commonly used for radiocarbon dating is carbon 12?
The radioisotope commonly used for radiocarbon dating is carbon-14.
Radiocarbon dating is used to date?
No. radio carbon dating is only efficient for the fossils of plants or animals. As pottery is an abiotic substance its age cannot be determined by carbon dating
What is used to determine the age of organic remains?
Various methods of dating are available to date organic remains. Probably the most well known of these is carbon dating.
What forms of carbon is used for radiocarbon dating?
The radioactive isotope 14C.
What absolute dating technique has been used to calibrate radiocarbon dates?
Dendrochronology (tree rings) is one of the methods used to calibrate radiocarbon dates.
Used to date fossils in rocks to give an approximate age?
Radiocarbon Dating.
Can scientists radiocarbon dating to find the age of a very tall old redwood tree living in an old forest?
No. Radiocarbon dating can only be used to date the age of biological objects that are dead.
Why is now mass spectroscopy used instead of radiocarbon dating?
Mass spectrometry has not replaced radiocarbon dating, it is used as a better way to measure the amount of carbon-14 in the sample that permits smaller sample sizes and improved accuracy.
What are the two substances used in radiocarbon dating by geologists?
carbon 12 and carbon 14
Can radiocarbon dating be used to determine the age of dinosaur fossils?
no , b/c the fossils are older than 50,000 years old & contain too little carbon-14 to be measurable
