Meaning Of The Word Radiocarbon
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What's The Definition Of Radiocarbon?
radiocarbon
Radiocarbon is a type of carbon which is radioactive, and which therefore breaks up slowly at a regular rate. Its presence in an object can be measured in order to find out how old the object is. radiocarbon in American English carbon-14 noun: a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials radiocarbon in British English noun: a radioactive isotope of carbon, esp carbon-14 |
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