A method of using the half-life of Carbon-14 to find the approximate age of an object that is up to 50,000 years old.(Basic Science/Radiography/carbon14dating.htm) (Course Material/Radiography/Physics/carbondating.htm)
Methods of finding out the age of artefacts that contain materials that were once alive. When it dies a living organism takes in no more carbon from the atmosphere and the percentage of C-14 will decrease. The ratio of C-14 to total carbon is found and from this the age can be calculated.
A method for dating organic material based on the decay rate of a naturally occurring isotope of carbon.
a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
Carbon dating is a technique used by scientists to determine the age of material that was once living tissue. To do this, they measure the ratio of carbon-12 to carbon-14 atoms present in the sample. Dating with Decay
a way of dating an object by studying chemical changes in the material
A dating method that uses the disintegration of the 14C atom to determine the age of sample containing carbon. 14C is produced in the atmosphere by cosmic ray bombardment, and has a half-life of 5570 years, making it useful for dating samples in the range of 0-40,000 years.
Fallacious method of trying to justify millions of years of evolution using radioactive carbon instead of relying on God's own word on the matter.
A method of dating objects which measures carbon generated from once living matter taking in carbon dioxide from the air.