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Half-life of 14 C is …A… material used in determining the age of fossil is …B… . Here A and B refers to

  1. A-5568 years; B-radioactive carbon  
  2. A-10,000 years; B-carbon  
  3. A-1000 years; B-sulphur  
  4. A-2000 years; B-iodine  

The correct answer is: A-5568 years; B-radioactive carbon


    14 C used as a substrate for determining the age of fossils. The process involved is termed do carbon dating

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