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Can carbon 14 be used in dating organic substances from precambrian time?
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no. 50,000 years is the upper limit for using it for dating.
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What is the method used to estimate age after something died?
The dating method used to estimate age after something died is the carbon dating method. The carbon dating method measures the half-life of the carbon in the organism.
How do scientists determine how old objects are by?
Archeologists determine how old an object is, by using Carbon Dating.
Is stratigraphic dating accurate for dating fossils?
Carbon dating and radioactive dating are more effective, assuming those arn't the same thing. =]
What are some methods of identifying the age of fossils?
it can be matched to another fossil that can be visually identified as being from the same animal, and then can be matched up to the period the animal lived...or the second method would be to do a radio carbon dating test....but the fossil would have to be fairly old because the carbon dating can tell you how old something is within a few thousand years.
Is a geological dating method based on the decay rates of radioactive elements?
Radio metric dating.
Can carbon fourteen be used in dating organic substances from the Precambrian era?
No. C-14 dating is not effective for samples older than about 50,000 years.
Which geological epoch is carbon 14 is most useful for dating organic remains?
precambrian
Why is the isotope carbon-14 so helpful in dating rocks?
It is not useful in dating rocks. Only organic substances in terrestrial conditions. No carbon in rocks.
Where can the carbon based product be used?
Since carbon is contained in organic substances, and after the death of an organic substance, (living thing) the carbon decreases at a steady rate. So carbon is used for dating fossils or other things.
What substances show carbon dating?
The element Carbon is in all living things, it is a basic building block for the construction of organic material and measuring the age of material.
Carbon dating can be used to measure the age of each the following except?
Carbon dating can be used to measure the age of organic materials.
Can you use carbon dating on diamonds?
No. Carbon dating only works on organic matter.
What substances are used in radiocarbon dating?
Radiocarbon dating uses the substance carbon-14. This isotope is present in the atmosphere and becomes incorporated into living organisms. By measuring the decay of carbon-14 in organic materials, scientists can determine the age of those materials.
What is the measure in the radiocarbon dating of organic material?
Carbon 14 is the isotope of carbon measured in radiocarbon dating.
What carbon dating measure?
Carbon dating is used to measure the age of organic material from long ago.
Why is carbon dating not useful for dating metal artifact?
Metal artifacts rarely contain residues of organic products. Carbon-14 dating is adequate only for artifacts containing organic materials.
What does carbon dating do?
Estimates the age of organic materials!
