Which carbon is used to find out the absolute ages of materials that were once part of living things?
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ohhh i use to know that. Biology.... ummm, sorry cant remember, just had to make my point that i use to know haha
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Carbon 13 has proven the most stable for dating. (and I'm not talking about going out on saturday night)
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It is the active isotope Carbon 13, as to determine change corresponding withradioactivity
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To those that answered this question with carbon 13, sorry, but no. Carbon 13 is a stable isotope. Therefore, it is useless for dating things. The correct answer is carbon 14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-14 http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Radiography/Physics/carbondating.htm
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CARBON-14
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