Question: When was carbon-14 dating first used to determine the age of dinosaur bones?

The carbon-14 method was developed by the American physicist Willard F. Libby about 1946. It has proved to be a versatile technique of dating fossils and archaeological specimens from 500 to 50,000 years old.

Can the age of a dinosaur bone be determined using C 14 dating?

The most widely known form of radiometric dating is carbon-14 dating. But carbon-14 dating wont work on dinosaur bones. The half-life of carbon-14 is only 5,730 years, so carbon-14 dating is only effective on samples that are less than 50,000 years old.

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