The element used for radioactive carbon dating for more than ${\rm{56000 }}\,{\rm{yr}}$ is

JEE PHYSICS MCQ: NUCLEI

1 Medium

1 of 1

Remembering +4 | -1

The element used for radioactive carbon dating for more than

\mathrm{56000 }\,\mathrm{yr}

View answer and explanation

Correct option: A

\mathrm{C - 14}

Option A (

\mathrm{C - 14}

) is correct because Carbon-14 is the isotope used for radioactive dating of organic materials up to around 50,000 years.

Practice All Chapter MCQs →

\mathrm{7}

\mathrm{2}\,\,\mathrm{fermi}

\mathrm{189}

N{e^{22}}

\alpha -