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How is the concept of half-life used in dating artifacts?
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How is the concept of half-life used in dating artifacts?

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Radiometric dating is a method used to date rocks and other objects based on the known decay rate of radioactive isotopes. ... With radiocarbon dating, we see that carbon-14 decays to nitrogen-14 and has a half-life of 5,730 years.
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