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Carbon-14 forms in the upper atmosphere, when a nitrogen atom is converted to an atom of carbon and atom of hydrogen by the addition of a neutron; 14N + 1n ---> 14C + 1H.

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A researcher who uses carbon dating on anciet items?

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