Nuclear chemistry carbon dating

Archeology uses nuclear chemistry for radiometric dating. The most commonly used nuclide for this technique is Carbon-14. C-14 is mostly synthesized in the upper atmosphere where extraterrestrial radiation interacts with other molecules to produce neutrons used in the reaction ... 

Although you may immediately think about nuclear reactors for energy, or nuclear bombs and their incredible devastation, concepts in nuclear chemistry are applied for many other, less dramatic purposes, one such example is carbon dating of ancient materials (see Chapter 4). 

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