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Why cant carbon 14 be used to determine fossil age of the fossil is several hundred thousand years old?
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What Is present in small quantities to determine origin?
Carbon.
What non colorless and odorless thing put in a cigerett?
Carbon monoxide(CO) is a poisonous, colorless and odorless gas that is produced as a result of incomplete burning of carbon-containing fuels. Answer: Appended are lists of the constituents of tobacco smoke and the additives put into the typical cigarette. Of these additives several hundred are colorless and odrorless.
How many pounds of carbon equals one ton?
You must determine how many grams are in a tonne. You then must then use the molecular weight of carbon to determine the moles of carbon in that many grams (i.e. (grams C)/(M.W. of C)). As there is one mole of Carbon in each mole of carbon dioxide, then multiply the resulting moles of carbon by the molecular weight of CO2 and you will have your answer.OR...One metric ton (tonne) of of carbon is equivalent to approximately 3.66 metric tons (tonnes) of carbon dioxide.
What is Carbon Hydrogen and Oxygen made from?
Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen are elements and so they are made of themselves.
What is carbon-14 used for?
Carbon-dating. This is a process by which the proportion of carbon-14 in an organism is compared to the proportion know to be in the environment the carbon came from. By comparing the proportions, a scientist can determine the amount of time since the last replacement of the carbon-14, and thus give a rough time of how long ago the organism died.
Why can't carbon 14 be used to determine the age of fossils that are several hundred thousand years old?
The half-life of carbon-14 is not adequate for very old materials.
Why can carbon 14 dtermine fossils that are several hundred thousand years old?
because
Why can and rsquot carbon-14 be used to determine the age of fossils that are several hundred thousand years old?
The half life of C 14 is 5730 years. After a few half lives its useless.
What items cannot be carbon dated?
Things that don't contain carbon (such as many types of rock) can't be carbon dated. Also anything which is too old (such as several hundred thousand years or more) can't be carbon dated because the carbon 14 will have decayed away to undetectable levels.
What cant be dated using Carbon 14 dating?
Things that don't contain carbon (such as many types of rock) can't be carbon dated. Also anything which is too old (such as several hundred thousand years or more) can't be carbon dated because the carbon 14 will have decayed away to undetectable levels.
About how long does it take for coal to change to diamonds?
Several thousand years (or more) and the carbon has to be under extreme pressure and heat.
What is carbon datting?
Carbon has several different forms- one being Carbon 14, which is mildly radioactive. Carbon dating measures the amount of Carbon 14 in a formerly living thing, and makes it possible to determine roughly how old the thing is.
How do scientists determine how old objects are by?
Archeologists determine how old an object is, by using Carbon Dating.
How do you determine if a substance is organic?
If there is no Carbon in it
How will you determine the age of rock and mineral by carbon dating?
You cannot use carbon dating to determine the age of rocks and minerals. Carbon dating only works on samples of once living materials.
Large carbon molecules are built from smaller simpler molecules called?
The phenomena of formation of large carbon compounds by the addition of small molecules is called polymerization and the molecules are come under macromolecules as they possess molecular weight several to hundred thousands
What Is present in small quantities to determine origin?
Carbon.
