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Carbon Dating.
Carbon Dating - as a noun
A chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon 14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
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carbon-14 datingradiocarbon datingExample Sentences
"Scientists rely on carbon dating to estimate the age of ancient artifacts and fossils."
"The accuracy of carbon dating decreases as the material being tested gets older."
"One limitation of carbon dating is that it can only be used on organic materials."
"The carbon dating of the ancient bones revealed that they were over 10,000 years old."
"The archaeological site was dated using carbon dating, placing it in the Neolithic era."
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