angelinaawesome209
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  • 27-10-2021
  • Chemistry
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Explain why uranium-238 is used to measure the age of rocks while carbon-14 is used to measure the age of the tree trunk?

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andrewtom
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  • 27-10-2021

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Uranium 238 is only found in igneous or volcanic rocks. So no fossils can be dated directly using U 238. Because of the huge differences in the half lives of Carbon 14 and Uranium238 they cannot be used together. Carbon 14 can only be used to date fossils of a very recent age.

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roberthornbeak roberthornbeak
  • 27-10-2021

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