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- Purpose: to determine the amount of 14C left in an organism by counting the beta radiations emitted per minute, per gram.
- Potassium-Argon: Potassium-40(40K) Radioactive form of potassium decays and forms Argon-40 (40Ar).
- Potassium-Argon: Potassium-40(40K) Radioactive form of potassium decays and forms Argon-40 (40Ar).
- Uranium Series Dating: decays of two kinds of uranium (235U) and (238U) into other isotopes such as 230TH (thorium).
- Potassium-Argon - May be used to date samples from 5,000 years up to 3 billion years old.