Carbon-14 Dating (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The archaeologists relied on carbon-14 dating to determine the age of the ancient artifacts they had unearthed.
- Carbon-14 dating of the fossilized bones revealed that they were over 30,000 years old.
- The scientist used carbon-14 dating to analyze the age of the organic materials found in the recently discovered cave.
- The technique of carbon-14 dating has been widely used in archaeology to determine the age of various organic materials.
- The age of the mummy was determined through carbon-14 dating, which showed that it was over 2,000 years old.