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  2. Radiocarbon dating - Wikipedia

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    C ratio: with a sample of known date, and a measurement of the value of N (the number of atoms of 14 C remaining in the sample), the carbon-dating equation allows the calculation of N 0 – the number of atoms of 14 C in the sample at the time the tree ring was formed – and hence the 14 C / 12 C ratio in the atmosphere at that time.

  3. Carbon-14 - Wikipedia

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    Carbon-14, C-14, 14 C or radiocarbon, is a radioactive isotope of carbon with an atomic nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons.Its presence in organic matter is the basis of the radiocarbon dating method pioneered by Willard Libby and colleagues (1949) to date archaeological, geological and hydrogeological samples.

  4. Calculation of radiocarbon dates - Wikipedia

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    The next step, to correct for fractionation, can be done using either the 14 C / 12 C ratio or the 14 C / 13 C ratio, and also depends on which of the two possible standards was measured: HOxI or HoxII. R' std is then R' HOxI or R' HOxII, depending on which standard was used. The four possible equations are as follows. First, if the 14 C / 12

  5. Radiocarbon dating samples - Wikipedia

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    2 again, dried, and converted to carbon by passing it over heated magnesium. Hydrochloric acid was added to the resulting mixture of magnesium, magnesium oxide and carbon, and after repeated boiling, filtering, and washing with distilled water, the carbon was ground with a mortar and pestle and a half gram sample taken, weighed, and combusted ...

  6. Radiocarbon dating considerations - Wikipedia

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    C remaining in the sample), the carbon-dating equation allows the calculation of N 0 – the number of atoms of 14 C in the sample at the time the tree ring was formed – and hence the 14 C / 12 C ratio in the atmosphere at that time. [1] Armed with the results of carbon-dating the tree rings, it became possible to construct calibration curves ...

  7. Radioactive tracer - Wikipedia

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    11 C decays by positron emission with a half-life of ca. 20 min. 11 C is one of the isotopes often used in positron emission tomography. [3] 14 C decays by beta decay, with a half-life of 5730 years. It is continuously produced in the upper atmosphere of the earth, so it occurs at a trace level in the environment.

  8. List of compounds with carbon number 14 - Wikipedia

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    C 14 H 24 O 2: bornyl butyrate: 13109-70-1 C 14 H 24 O 2: bornyl isobutyrate: 50277-27-5 C 14 H 24 O 2: geranyl isobutyrate: 2345-26-8 C 14 H 24 O 2: linalol isobutyrate: 78-35-3 C 14 H 24 O 2: linalyl butyrate: 78-36-4 C 14 H 24 O 4: diamyl maleate: 10099-71-5 C 14 H 25 Cl 3 O 2: dodecyl trichloroacetate: 74339-50-7 C 14 H 26 Cl 2 O 2: dodecyl ...

  9. Wikipedia : WikiProject WikiFundi Content/Radiocarbon dating

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    Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon (14 C), a radioactive isotope of carbon. The method was developed by Willard Libby in the late 1940s and soon became a standard tool for archaeologists.