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Can carbon dating tell the difference between an object from on century and one from a century earlier?

August 05th, 2008 Comments(6)
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purplepeace59 asked:


Say you have a pyramid built in 1500 BC, will carbon dating be able to tell if another pyramid was built in 1600 BC?

How accurate is half-life dating for determining the age of a sample?

July 18th, 2008 Comments(2)
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kduenke asked:


By half-life dating, I mean the use of Carbon-14, Uranium-235, Uranium-238, Potassium-40, and other such isotopes and their half-lifes in dating.

What can cause carbon dating to be inaccurate?

July 12th, 2008 Comments(2)
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Joe Mama asked:


Alright, I know there’s controversy about whether or not it’s accurate anyways, BUT assuming that it is accurate, what are some things that can mess with the results of a carbon dating test?