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What is radiometric dating

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What radiometric dating means is down below.

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Radiometric dating, often called radioactive dating, is a technique used to determine the age of materials such as rocks. It is based on a comparison between the observed abundance of a naturally occurring radioactive isotope and its decay products, using known decay rates.

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Radiometric dating is a kind of technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were selectively incorporated when they were formed. 
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