Radiometric dating Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Radiometric dating.

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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

874 words, approx. 3 pages
Radioactive Dating In the nineteenth century, prominent scientists such as Charles Lyell, Charles Darwin, Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), and Thomas Huxley, were in continual debate about the age o... Read more
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Radioactive Dating Radioactive dating is a technique which allows for accurate determination of the age of materials. The most common type of radioactive dating is called radiocarbon dating, which can... Read more
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Radioactive Dating Before the twentieth century, determining the age of ancient artifacts was considered the job of archaeologists, not nuclear physicists. By comparing the placement of objects with t... Read more