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You need to know the activity at the start of the interval in question. You measure the activity at the end of the interval in question, compare the two, and back calculate the age. Commonly, in Carbon-14 dating, we use the ratio of Carbon-14 to Carbon-12/Carbon-13, and calibrate by using other methods of dating. This works because the ratio is (relatively) constant when the carbonaceous material is alive, and starts to decay with a 5700 year halflife at death.
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Are radioactive dating and radioactive decay the same?
Flying a kite is not the same as the wind blowing, but you need one for the other. Radioactive decay is not the same as radioactive dating, but you need the decay to get the date. Radioactive isotopes each of a characteristic decay rate and if one knows the amount of such an isotope in an object when it was created, the level of radioactivity decreases predictably with age and one can calculate the age by knowing the decrease. Radioactive decay is good for a lot of other things too, just like the wind.
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Which method dating would you use with frozen fossils?
Among many methods, carbon dating is most commonly used to date fossils. In carbon dating, scientists look at how much carbon is left in the fossil, look at the half-life period, and use that to see when it was from.
Is radioactive rays useful in the field of education and why and how?
no it isn't because it would need trained Peale to handle it
If you had a stable element 115 could you then have an isotope of it that would be non-radioactive?
If you had a stable element 115, then by definition there would need to be at least one non-radioactive isotope. Stable elements are those that have at least one nonradioactive isotope. Of course, the other isotopes of the element could all be radioactive.
What sort of information systems would you need to develop for both the services and clients?
what sort of information would you need to develop for both services and clients
What additional information As well as carbon dating may also be need to establish the age of any artifact?
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What is necessary for you to be able to explain what happens during radioactive decay?
To fully explain radioactive decay you need quantum mechanics.
Who is Bryan dating?
Bryan would not say that because he is a independent man and if he need a girl then he can always get him one
If your propane tank was at 40 percent when they filled it to 80 percent how many gallons did they put in your tank?
You would need some additional information, for example, the total size of your tank.You would need some additional information, for example, the total size of your tank.You would need some additional information, for example, the total size of your tank.You would need some additional information, for example, the total size of your tank.
What is need of Internet?
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