CLST 129 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Radiocarbon Dating, Carbon-14
24 Apr 2013
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During a lifetime of an organism it absorbs isotopes of carbon (carbon 14) organism dies starts to realise carbon at known rate. There is always a level of error when counting atoms in a specimen. Results come in a plus or minus range. Have to be willing to destroy part of artifact. Van provide data when no other data. Can be used in any part of the world. Can be used to authenticate fake and reals. Measures the amount of radiation absorbed by inorganic materials. By measuring radiation able to estimate how long till it was fired in kiln. When heated particles realign with magnetic poles of eath. The wobble with the earths magnetic field and because particles in vessel can be approximate date.
