How does carbon dating work? : AskScienceDiscussion
How carbon dating works
Does carbon dating prove the earth is millions of years old?
How does carbon dating work? : AskScienceDiscussion
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Does carbon dating prove the earth is millions of years old?
We would, obviously, have to assume that the candle has always burned at the same rate, and assume an initial height of the candle.
Plants take this in during photosynthesis and it enters animals when they eat plants.
The amount of carbon-14 gradually decreases through radioactive beta decay with a half-life of 5,730 years.