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How accurate is half-life dating for determining the age of a sample?

posted by Dani on Jan 18

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kduenke asked:


By half-life dating, I mean the use of Carbon-14, Uranium-235, Uranium-238, Potassium-40, and other such isotopes and their half-lifes in dating.

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What can cause carbon dating to be inaccurate?

posted by Dani on Dec 28

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Joe Mama asked:


Alright, I know there’s controversy about whether or not it’s accurate anyways, BUT assuming that it is accurate, what are some things that can mess with the results of a carbon dating test?

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