radiokarbondatesítés
Radiokarbondatesítés, also known as radiocarbon dating or carbon-14 dating, is a scientific method used to determine the age of organic materials. This technique relies on the decay of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 (¹⁴C). Living organisms constantly exchange carbon with their environment, including atmospheric carbon dioxide, which contains a small but consistent amount of ¹⁴C. When an organism dies, this exchange ceases, and the ¹⁴C within its tissues begins to decay at a known rate.
The decay rate of ¹⁴C is characterized by its half-life, which is approximately 5,730 years. This means
Radiocarbon dating is most effective for dating materials up to around 50,000 years old. Beyond this age,