Carbon Fourteen

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Discusses the use of radiocarbon (carbon 14) as a means of determining the age of historic and prehistoric objects. Explains the meaning of ‘half-life.’ Shows how radiocarbon is being used to study the process of photosynthesis, and describes experiments at the Argonne National Laboratory to study the effect of radiation on plants.

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