Question 77503 • (OC27) MATH COLL LIB ARTS-1207350-S1-Maguire-D'Aquino
Carbon-14 is a naturally occurring isotope of carbon, and its radioactive decay has a known half-life of about 5,730 years. It is radioactive, so the claim that it is not radioactive is false; it also does not decay completely within 1,000 years. Living organisms take in carbon, including trace amounts of carbon-14, while they are alive.
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