MU - Chemistry 210 - WS99
IAE on Carbon Isotopes
and on Carbon-14 Dating
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Review the WebElements
and learn that there are more isotopes of carbon
than just the ones with mass 12, 13 and 14. View both the entries to
"Naturally Occuring Isotopes" and to "Radioactive Isotopes".
Read the entry on Radicarbon
Dating in Compton's
Encyclopedia. Not that this site offers interesting links including one
to Willard Frank Libby.
For a detailed look at
Radiocarbon
Dating check out the site on
Dating
Techniques.
Try out the Carbon-14
Dating Calculator.