17 6: Radiocarbon Dating- Using Radioactivity To Measure The Age Of Fossils And Different Artifacts Chemistry Libretexts
The air in the tube was evacuated, the tube was sealed, and it was then heated to 900°C in a single day. At this point, all of the carbon in the sample had been transformed into CO₂, utilizing the oxygen from the copper oxide. The silver eliminated any nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides produced by…