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carbon-14
A radioactive isotope of carbon having the atomic weight of 14, produced by collisions between neutrons and atmospheric nitrogen. It is useful in determining the age of 499 carbonaceous material younger than 30,000 years old.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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